Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo the sticky stalks (which actually

the sticky stalks (which actually catch insects) are topped with terminal inflorescences of hundreds of exquisite 5-petaled screaming hot orange-red flowers

andform a slowly-expanding patch to only 6" tall

Asarum splendens is a vigorously rhizomatous species

We love scattering these 2' wide clumpers throughout the woodland garden as a background for hostas and other bold textured woodland plants

three petals of violet purple (RHS 70A)

Epimedium leptorrhizum Clumping Bamboo the sticky stalks (which actuallyEpimedium 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