Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Plants from China then leave the stalks until

then leave the stalks until late winter for the birds to feed on

(aka: Typhonium giganteum) Sauromatum giganteum is a little-known Chinese (Tibet to Manchuria) hardy aroid that is a must for collectors of the weird and wonderful

What started as a stray seedling in the former New York (Seneca Hill Perennials) garden of Ellen Hornig took the gardening world by storm

it's the Bo Derek of the red hot pokers

originally shared in 2002 by our friend

Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Plants from China then leave the stalks untilEpimedium sempervirens 'Candy Hearts' is a 2001 Darrell Probst introduction that forms a 10" tall x 2' wide, semi evergreen clump of dark green foliage that emerges rosy violet in late winter, morphs to green leaves with a violet edge, then finally changes to solid green. The clumps are topped, starting in early April (NC), with terminal clusters of light lavender flowers that just top the emerging foliage quite special in the early spring garden.