Epimedium - various threads gathered together here

[YT]

Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum 'Joshu-zakura'

Selected from a natural habitat at Mt. Akagi in Gunma prefecture, Japan, by its clear pink flowers atop of green stems. E. g. var. thunbergianum usually have reddish stems except albino form.

[fleurbleue]

So cute ! 

[WimB]

Very nice, YT!

Some in flower here now:

Epimedium 'Perrine's White' (in the garden of a friend)
Epimedium epsteinii
Epimedium pauciflorum (for the leaves)
Epimedium 'Spine Tingler' (also for the leaves)
Epimedium x sasakii
Epimedium x warleyense 'Orangekönigin'
Epimedium x warleyense
and Epimedium x youngianum 'Freckles' (very nice leaves)

[johnw]

A nice collection of Epimediums there Wim. Is Spine Tingler a wushanense hybrid?

johnw  +14c

[WimB]

A nice collection of Epimediums there Wim. Is Spine Tingler a wushanense hybrid?

johnw  +14c

Thanks, John!

Epimedium 'Spine Tingler' should be Epimedium species nova 'Spine Tingler'. It comes from Darrell Probst.
There's also Epimedium wushanense 'Spiny leaved forms'...I don't know if there's a relation between those two plants!

Maybe Mark can tell us more about these?

[EmmaCampanula]

I like Epimedium very much and am glad that the first flowers appear.
Epimedium pubigerum

[EmmaCampanula]

And the tiny lovely Epimedium x youngianum 'niveum'.

[TheOnionMan]

Emma, your epimedium portrait photos illustrate well what delicate beauties these plants are.

I'm a big fan of E. pubigerum, such a simple little flower but often producing a cloud of those tiny blooms.  Will post more about some current Epimedium bloomings soon.

Wim: as soon as the weekend arrives, I'll chime in with some Epimedium talk

[WimB]

Emma,

I love both of your white flowered Epi's...simply stunning

Three more in flower here today!

Epimedium dolichostemon
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Mugawa Gen Pan' 'Mukawa Genpei' (thanks for the correction, Tatsuo!)
and Epimedium x youngianum 'Merlin'

[arisaema]

Is Epimedium fargesii a runner or a clumper? I have Epimedium qingchengshanense in flower in the nursery, but I suspect that's a name that will end up in synonymy...

[EmmaCampanula]

Thank you Mark & Wim!
Wim, I like your 'Merlin' of course! But Epimedium dolichostemon is also very interesting, it looks so fragile. How tall does it grow?

[WimB]

Is Epimedium fargesii a runner or a clumper? I have Epimedium qingchengshanense in flower in the nursery, but I suspect that's a name that will end up in synonymy...

A clumper! E. qingchengshanense will probably be lumped together with E. fargesii indeed. Do you have a picture of the flower of E. qingchengshanense?

[WimB]

But Epimedium dolichostemon is also very interesting, it looks so fragile. How tall does it grow?

Emma,
it grows to maximum 30 cm (here it only gets 20-25 cm with the second flush of leaves!)

[arisaema]

A clumper! E. qingchengshanense will probably be lumped together with E. fargesii indeed. Do you have a picture of the flower of E. qingchengshanense?

Crappy weather, so crappy pics... From Qingcheng Houshan, about 1500m altitude.

[arisaema]

This one is supposedly from N Vietnam, anyone care to guess what it is?