Epimedium sp nov Spine Tingler Light Shade and the late Lynn Lowery

and the late Lynn Lowery near Horsetail Falls

and does not like shade

first brought to our attention by Bob McCartney of Woodlanders

yingeri-like flowers in early summer

deeply impressed veins

Epimedium sp nov Spine Tingler Light Shade and the late Lynn LoweryEpimedium 'Spine Tingler' is a 2008 Darrell Probst introduction a selection of a still unnamed species of Chinese fairy wing that Darrell discovered on a remote cliff in Sichuan, China. The undulating, evergreen (even in Zone 5), spiny leaves (like the similar Epimedium ilicifolium) are quite narrow less than 1" wide. Starting in late March (NC), the foliage, which emerges brushed with light chocolate, is topped with short but floriferous spikes of