Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Bulgaria A favorite of the late

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

so don't be alarmed by foliage turning yellow

much like the late Professor Stearn

Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant' was registered and named by Joe Pye Weed Gardens

early-emerging clump of pointed green leaves

Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Bulgaria A favorite of the lateEpimedium 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.