Epimedium leptorrhizum Variegated Foliage Plants growing best in a moist

growing best in a moist

and after a short summer break

albeit slow to establish into a full-size clump

discovered by the late Christy Hensler of Washington

Natural Impacts:

Epimedium leptorrhizum Variegated Foliage Plants growing best in a moistEpimedium 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