Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo andform a slowly-expanding patch to

andform a slowly-expanding patch to only 6" tall

Asarum splendens is a vigorously rhizomatous species

three petals of violet purple (RHS 70A)

blue-green leaves with a wide

Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo andform a slowly-expanding patch toEpimedium leptorrhizum hails from Guizhou and Sichuan, China. This little known species that is essentially a dwarf, running Epimedium brachyrrhizum. Spreading by slender rhizomes (leptos = slender), Epimedium leptorrhizum can expand by 8" per year. The 8" tall clump is topped in late March (NC) with short flower spikes of large, pink lavender flowers, often with contrasting lighter purple spurs. Epimedium leptorrhizum prefers not to get bone dry for