Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe silver-backed

silver-backed

Clumps can thrive for decades with no care as long as they are planted in the right conditions

we listed this as a form of Aspidistra lurida and later Aspidistra sichuanensis

Arisaema lobatum is a small but quite lovely Jack-in-the-pulpit that is quite unique from others in the genus

Each perfectly symmetrical 2' wide clump is topped with a nice display of purple flowers on 20" scapes in early summer

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe silver-backedThis 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'