Epimedium ilicifolium Mediterranean Europe Cheilanthes tomentosa
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Cheilanthes tomentosa
flowering will be sparse if at all
the clumps are topped with 14" scapes of dark violet flowers
This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer
the plant probably won't flower
Epimedium ilicifolium Mediterranean Europe Cheilanthes tomentosa(aka: Epimedium ilicifolium Cc 001497 PDN001) We are very pleased to offer the recently published (1998) fairy wing species, Epimedium ilicifolium. Our plants are from a Darrell Probst collection above the snowline at 5,000'+ elevation in China's Shaanxi province. Epimedium ilicifolium was named for its foliar resemblance to the holly genus, Ilex. Epimedium ilicifolium makes a delightfully unique small clump to only 1' tall x 18" wide. The medium