Epimedium epsteinii Rock Garden Plants and yellow pupils

and yellow pupils

This selection of the Japanese wild ginger

The mother tuber will form offsets

It emerges very late in spring with a bright gold center that changes later to white

You will need a sturdy shovel and a sturdy back

Epimedium epsteinii Rock Garden Plants and yellow pupilsThis new, recently published species (1997) was discovered by the Beijing Botanic Garden and sent to Darrell Probst for identification. Darrell in turn asked the UK epimedium guru, the late Dr. William Stearn, to name the plant in honor of the late Harold Epstein. This splendid vigorous evergreen species makes a nice dense groundcover, spreading at the rate of 8" per year. The glossy foliage provides a nice foil to the stunning bicolor flowers (up to