Epimediums
- Tigger
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Epimediums
Or, as we call them for fun, "epiteeniums" ('cause they're all small). I thought I'd put them in here to give this forum some love (they are shade/woodland plants after all).
This is our work-horse ground-cover epi, 'Sulfureum.' It gets spread here and there, and seems happy just about anywhere we put it. They bloom like mini-mini jonquils.
We've had this epsteinii a few years, but it's never bloomed so nicely. And it does look like is starting to spread politely. When the leaves come out on this one, they're much more spiny-looking than most others we have.
We must have bought this later last year (after the convention), but cannot find the tag! It must have been a pretty good-sized plant, given its vigor this spring. It looks like 'Orangekönigen,' but I know I have that somewhere else and wouldn't likely have bought another. At any rate, it doesn't match anything else in Darrell Probst's catalog photos. Any idea, Andi?
This is our work-horse ground-cover epi, 'Sulfureum.' It gets spread here and there, and seems happy just about anywhere we put it. They bloom like mini-mini jonquils.
We've had this epsteinii a few years, but it's never bloomed so nicely. And it does look like is starting to spread politely. When the leaves come out on this one, they're much more spiny-looking than most others we have.
We must have bought this later last year (after the convention), but cannot find the tag! It must have been a pretty good-sized plant, given its vigor this spring. It looks like 'Orangekönigen,' but I know I have that somewhere else and wouldn't likely have bought another. At any rate, it doesn't match anything else in Darrell Probst's catalog photos. Any idea, Andi?
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Never tried them here. But several times in my former garden.. it didn't like to gtow there át all, but but loved the neighbour garden
Never tried them here. But several times in my former garden.. it didn't like to gtow there át all, but but loved the neighbour garden
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I have found that the small plants from Darrell Probst grow exceedingly well and look like a gallon-sized plant after just one season. Darrell explained to me why he grows them in those small pots. That is what they like. If you over-pot them, they just sit and sulk.
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- Tigger
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- Joined: Oct 14, 2001 8:00 pm
- USDA Zone: 6b - 7a
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No, I'm not dissing Darrell. It's my poor planting location that has kept some of his things small; they're getting moved in a few weeks (after they bloom).
My mind is starting to recall buying e. warleyense; maybe it's just that and not the 'Orangekönigen' selection from that grex/species. Based on Darrell's description, there's not a whole lot of difference other than growing habit. Either way, it's a keeper!
My mind is starting to recall buying e. warleyense; maybe it's just that and not the 'Orangekönigen' selection from that grex/species. Based on Darrell's description, there's not a whole lot of difference other than growing habit. Either way, it's a keeper!
- doublemom2
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- Joined: Oct 17, 2001 8:00 pm
- USDA Zone: 8
- Location: WA State zone 8
Tigger - do you have E. Black Sea? It's outstanding, one of my all-time favorites out of all of my epis. I got it in a one-gallon pot three years ago, and it's a HUGE mound about 4 feet across and 2-1/2 feet tall. The leaves are evergreen and go dark burgundy overwinter, and it's always my first to flower every year with little yellow/orange flowers.
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