Epimedium leptorrhizum Winter Delights Hellebores making a 2' wide clump

making a 2' wide clump

This good grower is one of the tallest and most stunning of the Japanese cobra lilies

Even without the foliage

Aspidistra 'Akebono' flowers at ground level in late winter

Epimedium leptorrhizum Winter Delights Hellebores making a 2' wide clumpEpimedium 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