Epimedium stellulatum Wudang Star Cypripedium as the Monty Python troupe

as the Monty Python troupe would say

heavily speckled with silver

a truly fabulous groundcover

Too much deep shade greatly reduces their flower power

We've given this hybrid the name Agave x pseudoferox

Epimedium stellulatum Wudang Star Cypripedium as the Monty Python troupeEpimedium stellulatum 'Wudang Star' is a superb selection of the Chinese fairy wing, collected by UK plantsman Roy Lancaster in 1983 on the slopes of Wudang Mountain in northwest Hubei, China. Epimedium stellulatum 'Wudang Star' makes a smaller than normal for the species tight clump that reaches only 1' tall x 2' wide. The evergreen, spiny leaved clumps are topped with bronze new leaves in spring, each highlighted by raspberry specks. In mid March