Section iv - Epimedium

Species from Europe, Caucasus and Northern Turkey

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    Epimedium pubigerum. An evergreen species with more rounded leaves than most growing to 45cm. Flowers yellowish-white with the inner sepals sometimes pale pink. The flowers are relatively small and held high above the foliage. One of the parents of Epimedium x cantabrigiense. Introduced into Britain by Ellen Willmott from a garden in Geneva. Originally from the shores of the Black Sea  across to West Georgia. Subgenus Epimedium, Section iv. Epimedium
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    Epimedium x cantabrigiense. (Epimedium pubigerum x Epimedium alpinum) Easy to grow and highly attractive ground cover. 50cm; spreading. Leaves are an asset all year, opening with red netting, colouring rich russet in autumn and remaining all winter. A tall species with upright stems carrying many delicate orange flowers (red and yellow), which, whilst individually small, create an attractive cloud. Occurred as a natural cross in the wilderness garden of St John's College Cambridge during the Second World War, but was only named in 1979.
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    Epimedium x warleyense ( Ellen Willmott ). E. alpinum x E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum. The upright stems of delicate coppery orange flowers set this hybrid apart from most epimediums. They are held well up above the foliage in a warm orange haze. The leaves are apple green in a mildly spreading clump that is a little less dense than most species. Height 20-40cm in flower. Originally sent from Warley Place, the Garden of Ellen Willmot, to Professor Stearn as E.perraldianum when he was writing his monograph. Subsequently identified and named by Professor Stearn. for any good soil in partial shade. spring.
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