Epimediums: long-lasting early spring bloomers for a shade garden, with Tony Avent

Рет қаралды 7,357

4 ай бұрын

Epimediums (Fairy wings, Barrenwort, Bishop's hat) are easy-to-grow perennial wildflowers. They are tenacious flowering shade plants that provide a welcome first breath of spring with spikes of airy flowers. Newly emerging epimedium foliage often has purple or brown tones or patterns (mottling) which complement the flowers. Epimedium plants are used either as woodland garden specimens or groundcovers for small shady areas. They are also rabbit and deer resistant.
Epimedium flowers are small (largest is E. grandiflorum) but profuse and colorful with colors ranging from white to yellow (E. sulphureum), pink/red (E. rubrum) and bi-colored (E. epsteinii and E. accuminatum).
To learn even more about epimedium, check out this article: www.plantdelights.com/blogs/a...
Plant Delights Nursery is an award winning nursery in Raleigh, NC near Garner. We specialize in rare, and unusual perennials and we strive to carry a wide selection of exotic plants, cold hardy tropical plants, and native plants. Many of our best perennials are available nowhere else in the US as they represent rare plants collected by Plant Delights founder Tony Avent during his more than 60 plant hunting expeditions to places like China, Crete, Taiwan, South Africa and Argentina or distributed by some of the many specialty plant organizations of which Plant Delights is a member.
www.plantdelights.com
Juniper Level Botanic Garden was founded in 1986 by Tony Avent to promote and preserve botanic diversity by bridging the gap between botany and horticulture through plant study, identification, educational outreach, global plant exploration. JLBG is home to over 28,000 taxa spread over 28 acres of beautiful grounds.
www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden...
Follow us on Facebook for latest garden news, gardening tips, new plant announcements, and more!
/ plantdelightsnursery
Subscribe to our channel to discover more plants and learn about gardening.
/ @plantdelights

Пікірлер: 21

@kennetheverding4372 2 ай бұрын

Spider Monkey is amazing.

@kathrynreeves5876 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful cultivars!

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@cramersbackyard9634 3 ай бұрын

I got a epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’ from JLBG around 5 years ago (I think. I'm not good with time though). It seems to enjoy it's location which could be termed dry shade but it does get supplemental water in the dry times. It enjoys it's location so much that I found a duplicate about 10 feet away from the original planting! Not sure how it got there but it is welcome. 😊

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

That's great! It may be a seedling or a piece or rhizome that accidentally traveled away from the main clump.

@cramersbackyard9634 3 ай бұрын

@@Plantdelights I'm thinking squirrel planted rhizome. It was a pleasant surprise!

@marshawilliamson8602 3 ай бұрын

I have a HUGE crush on epimediums. 🌸🐝

@onetwocue 3 ай бұрын

As a kid back in the 90s ive always loved epimedium. But there were only 3 colors to choose from, pink, yellow or orange. But up in philly, in late winter youd cut back the browned foliage so that way the flowers can come up through without the burnt foliage being in the way along with new fresh green foliage. Also epimedium, or bishops hat were so expensive for a qt sz pot. I remember them being at 20 bucks per qt sz pot.

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

We cut back the spent foliage in spring as well. The young flower stalks and foliage are so tender sometimes they get damaged trying to come up through the old evergreen foliage. Thank you for sharing your experience!

@lisajelle714 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome tour and overview of epimedium breeding. Looking forward to receiving my PDN order with 3 epimediums soon!

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! : )

@TheBarefootedGardener 3 ай бұрын

Tony, THESE ARE AWESOME! Is the ‘Spider Monkey’ evergreen? I got an Epimedium ‘caramel’ I believe from y’all a couple years ago. I grow it in full sun (WNY) until the other plants around it give it shade, right as the sun gets more intense.

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

Epimedium 'Spider Monkeys' is evergreen.

@BCole83 3 ай бұрын

Tony mentioned a few that have yet to be introduced. Any idea on how far away those are?

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

'Spider Monkeys' and 'Stoplights' are scheduled for release next year (Spring 2025). The other ones will be a couple more years out.

@joanp105 3 ай бұрын

I have a nice collection of Epimediums in my garden for over 20 years. They 4 clumping types and growing in a raised bed under very old white pines. Now, however, there is Pachysandra growing into these large clumps. Is it best to dig out the entire clump of Epimediums to get rid of this “ invader “ or wait until the come up, and finish blooming? The beds are now filled with White Pine roots which have had 20 years to grow up into the wonderful soil that was made and added to over these many years. Should I remove all of the Epimediums and put them into a new area ( if one can be found)? This too will be a difficult process since my almost 3 acre garden is very full and surrounded by woods.

@Plantdelights 3 ай бұрын

If your epimediums are still dormant, you could replant them now, and it will be easier but the flowering may be affected somewhat. Or you could wait till they finish flowering and transplant then. The foliage is quite fragile, so you'll need to be more careful, but the plant will recover faster, since it'll be active growth. Epimediums have pretty shallow roots, about 5-6 inches deep, so it shouldn't be too difficult to transplant them.

@pegasis0066 Ай бұрын

I have been trying to grow something under six 40-50 year-old northern red oaks, with virtually no luck. What epimedium would you recommend in zone 6 for this kind of location with an emphasis on spread size, the larger the mature size the better?

@Plantdelights Ай бұрын

Hello! We have several spreading Epimedium in our catalog, unfortunately, most are sold out right now. We suggest adding these to your Wishlist: Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten', Epimedium 'Sunny and Share', and Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'.