Too often, the term “groundcover” elicits a yawn. These low-growing plants are viewed dismissively, either as an obligatory filler for blank spaces, or as an institutional camouflage for exposed soil.
What: Epimedium × perralchicum ‘Fröhnleiten’ is an old German cultivar that is one of the toughest epimediums for Northwest landscapes. In late winter and early spring, butter-yellow flowers are borne ...
What: Epimedium grandiflorum “Purple Prince” has striking dark red-purple flowers with white tipped spurs in the springtime. The leaves morph from green flushed with red to all green by summer and go ...