Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron glossy leaves

glossy leaves

evergreen lithophyte (rock grower) prefers slightly moist alkaline soils

probably a tetraploid

pink and red

rivaling Amorphophallus konjac

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron glossy leavesThis 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'