Epimedium pauciflorum
Creeping
species from China,
introduced in 1992 by Mikinori Ogisu.
From Sichuan Province in 2000 m elevation.
Forms a dense low patch over time.
Flowers pale pink.
Height 15 cm.
Evergreen.
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'
Hybrid
of E. perralderianum and E. pinnatum ssp. colchicum. This selection
comes from the "Alpengarten Frohnleiten" (near Graz).
Very robust and popular evergreen
groundcover.
Tolerates difficult situations like dry shade near trees.
Good autumn coloring.
Height 30 cm.
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Nachfolger'
Robust
and popular evergreen
groundcover with the same good qualities as 'Frohnleiten'.
Still a bit taller than the cultivar mentioned above.
Flowers a little later than 'Frohnleiten'
Selected by Ernst Pagels.
Also very droughttolerant.
Height about 30 cm.
(The german word "Nachfolger" means "successor")
Epimedium 'Phoenix'
Evergreen large-flowered hybrid
of E.
acuminatum (and
probably E.
grandiflorum) by Wendy Perry.
Decorative spring foliage.
Bronze autumn color.
Lilac flowers.
Height 35 cm.
Epimedium 'Pink Champagne'
Surely
one of the most beautiful Epimediums is this cross coming from
Darrell Probst.
Very floriferous.
Beautiful speckled foliage in spring.
Height 40 cm.
Evergreen.
Epimedium 'Pink Elf'
Cross
between E.
leptorrhizum and E. pubescens from Robin
White.
Small-flowered but very floriferous.
Evergreen.
Height 35 cm.
This is a protected cultivar.
Epimedium 'Pink Panther'
Very
nice hybrid from Thierry Delabroye.
Evergreen.
35 cm tall.
Seems to grow fast.
Epimedium platypetalum
Free
flowering species from China,
Sichuan Province.
Small yellow flowers with "primitive" flower petals.
Spreading by long creeping rhizomes.
Drought tolerant groundcover.
Height 30 cm.
Evergreen.
Epimedium pubescens Og. 91003
Masses of small white flowers.
40 cm tall.
New foliage speckled red.
Evergreen.
Epimedium pubigerum
A species that
originates from Europe.
Numerous small white flowers.
Slow growing, relatively drought tolerant.
Height 30 cm.
Evergreen.