Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron the awesome blue lupine-like flower

the awesome blue lupine-like flower racemes are held atop the foliage

rivaling Amorphophallus konjac

These are hand selected from 8 year old

As the weather warms

evergreen lithophyte (rock grower) prefers slightly moist alkaline soils

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron the awesome blue lupine-like flowerThis 1973 collection from Soviet Georgia by the US National Arboretum's Skip March was later named by Darrell Probst. In spring, the leaves of Epimedium 'Thunderbolt' emerge olive green with a cinnamon border, and later at the onset of cold weather, the amazing deer resistant, evergreen foliage darkens to charcoal black with contrasting green veins which form a "thunderbolt" pattern. Epimedium pinnatum 'Thunderbolt' spreads by rhizomes to form a 3'