Wonderful woodlanders with spring flowers and good foliage at almost any time of year. Some incredibly tough plants that look incredibly dainty and a few that do need cossetting.
A cracking long-spurred E. grandiflorum x E. koreanum hybrid with rich purple pink flowers with pale, almost white spurs. Flowers up to 4cm across in spring. Deciduous. 25cm. Good woodland soil in shade.
This is a stunner! Arching stems of dusky pink, starry flowers over long narrow leaves of pale green with purplish-brown markings. Elegant and unusual. 30cm. Good soil in shade. Epimedium acuminatum x Epimedium dolichostemon.
A compact species with box shaped flowers of bright, clear yellow and tough toothed leaves. Often good rusty-red autumn/winter foliage. 30cm. Good soil in shade.
Found in Hunan, China in 1994 this lovely, rare species has short stems bearing sprays of largish (up to 3cm) flowers, this sepals white and the petals a rich purple-brown. Slowly creeping clumps to perhaps 15cm high. Good woodland soil in shade.
A lovely form with spidery flowers of pale violet in spring over delicate looking deciduous foliage. Makes neat clumps in time. Decent soil in shade. 20cm.
One of the best white flowered Epimediums, this neat clump forming cultivar is semi-evergreen with good autumn foliage. Sprays of chunky white flowers in spring to 40cm. Average to good soil in shade.
A stunning long-spurred species relatively recently introduced. Semi-evergreen textured leaves are long and pointed, sprays of large pale pink flowers in spring to 30cm. Good woodland soil in shade.
A recent introduction from China, this species has almost prickly evergreen foliage and very large, long spurred, light yellow flowers in late spring. Good soil in shade. New foliage is stunning with reddish patches on coppery green leaves.
An un-named seedling from Elizabeth Strangman. Big arrow shaped leaves emerge rich coppery red alongside generous sprays of tiny white starry flowers. Good soil in shade. 40cm.
A striking species only recently introduced to cultivation from Sichuan, China. Mid green leaves with fine toothing, semi-evergreen. Open sprays of very large pale yellow, spidery flowers in mid spring. 45cm. Good woodland soil in shade.
A striking Chinese species making good clumps of narrow jagged leaves and tall stems with masses of long-spurred pale yellow flowers potentially to 1m but normally 60cm. Good soil in shade.
Very attractive rusty red markings on light green new leaves in spring with pinkish red and light lemon yellow flowers to 30cm. Stunning! Ordinary soil in shade.
Reliable clumps of evergreen foliage, the new growth marked with orange-red in spring. Lots of chunky bi-coloured cream and pale yellow flowers to 40cm in mid-spring. Shade, even dry if well prepared.
Neat clumps of deciduous foliage and arching stems of clear white flowers in spring, and maybe again in late summer or autumn. 20cm. Good soil in shade.
