Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo and sunny are the keys

and sunny are the keys to making your Callirhoe involucrata happy and prosperous

three petals of violet purple (RHS 70A)

We love scattering these 2' wide clumpers throughout the woodland garden as a background for hostas and other bold textured woodland plants

the very floriferous clumps produce 14" tall alien-like

Why is it that so many sky-blue flowers are only open in the morning

Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo and sunny are the keysEpimedium leptorrhizum hails from Guizhou and Sichuan, China. This little known species that is essentially a dwarf, running Epimedium brachyrrhizum. Spreading by slender rhizomes (leptos = slender), Epimedium leptorrhizum can expand by 8" per year. The 8" tall clump is topped in late March (NC) with short flower spikes of large, pink lavender flowers, often with contrasting lighter purple spurs. Epimedium leptorrhizum prefers not to get bone dry for