| Description | One of the taller Epimedium with dainty creamy-white flower in the spring. A good shade ground cover. |
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| Pronunciation | (ep-ih-MEE-dee-um)(pub-EE-ger-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | shade to semi-shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | prefers humus rich well drained acid soils, seems to tolerate a good average garden soil |
| Flowers | creamy white, borne on 24 inch wiry stems, sepals tinged with pink, blooms last three weeks in May |
| Leaves | mostly basal, compound, ternate to twice ternate, bronze in cold winter, new foliage emerges bronze, semi-evergreen |
| Stems | rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 24 inches, spreads by rhizomes |
| Maintenance | cut back dead foliage in the spring |
| Propagation | division in the spring |
| Author's Notes | Although I have not grown this cultivar, other Epimedium have lasted for over 23 years (as of 2015) in gardens for me. Seem to be slow to start but given a few years they get established and flourish. |
| Notes & Reference | #4-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #6-Perennials for the American Gardens (Clasusen and Ekastro), #79-Perennials For Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson), #167-Boerner Botanical Gardens (Wisconsin USA), bloom period data base (ww.boernerbotanicalgardens.org/support/documents/2012%20Bloomers.pdf) |
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