Epimedium acuminatum Guiding Light China Colocasia 'Coffee Cups' sends out

Colocasia 'Coffee Cups' sends out above-ground runners

we like to shear back the old foliage which often looks a bit tired after the winter

Hedera 'Buttermint' is my favorite of the adult ivies

Indeed this foliage is sometimes still attractive come spring

but the border eventually widens

Epimedium acuminatum Guiding Light China Colocasia 'Coffee Cups' sends outEpimedium acuminatum 'Guiding Light' is a 2010 Plant Delights Nursery introduction a selection of the Chinese Epimedium acuminatum. Epimedium 'Guiding Light' makes a slowly spreading 1' tall x 2' wide clump of glossy green, small tooth edged, deer resistant leaves that emerge brown with a few greenish specks before finally aging to green. The dangling white flowers, highlighted by a yellow cup, are held on 1' long arching stalks from mid April through