Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Plants from China nicely vigorous and it goes

nicely vigorous and it goes without saying that any plant with bacon in its name must be good

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

field-grown plants

woody perennial (shrub) to 5' tall x 7' wide in 5 years

Most are spring bloomers and as such add much to the spring display in shade gardens

Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Plants from China nicely vigorous and it goesEpimedium 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.