Thanks to epimedium guru Darrell Probst for helping us get our offerings off the ground and correctly identified. Thanks to Darrell, Plant Delights Nursery now has one of the best collections of Epimedium for sale anywhere. Epimedium species will never be traffic stoppers like roses, but these woodland shade perennials are the unsung workhorses that tie the shade garden together.
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Epimediums are easy-to-grow perennial wildflowers. They are tenacious flowering shade plants that provide a welcome first breath of spring with their airy flowers, then a solid backdrop of attractive foliage for the remainder of the growing season. Epimedium plants can be used either as woodland garden specimens or groundcovers for small shady areas. As an added bonus, epimediums are deer-resistant.
We are thrilled to be able to offer some of the exceedingly rare Epimedium species that were only recently discovered and named from remote regions of Asia, along with some fabulous hybrids. Epimedium flowers are small but profuse and colorful with colors ranging from white to yellow (Epimedium sulphureum), pink/red (Epimedium rubrum) and bi-colored (Epimedium epsteinii and Epimedium accuminatum). Newly emerging epimedium foliage often has purple or brown tones or patterns which complement the flowers.
Around the world, men buy epimedium to use as an herbal supplement under the name, "horny goat weed". When you are ready to buy epimediums for your shade garden (or the man in your life), check out our epimedium for sale below.
Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery has been the choice of serious gardeners and plant collectors looking for the best and rarest perennial plants. We are pleased to have received the Perennial Plant Association Retail Award in 2011, the American Horticulture Society Commercial Award in 2002, and to have been selected as one of the Best Mail Order Plant Sources - Garden Design Magazine 2010. Welcome to our family of plant lovers!
This fantastic hybrid (Epimedium 'Caramel' x Epimedium flavum) from the UK's Robin White blends the best traits epimediums have to offer. The 2' wide deer-resistant clump is composed of semi-evergreen, spiny green leaves that are mottled burgundy as they emerge. The clumps are topped in April and May with 2' long arching spikes adorned with an unreal abundance of bright yellow, spider-like flowers, tipped with orange-red. Epimedium 'Amber Queen' is one of the finest epimediums on the market today...you simply won't believe how good this is! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: Epimedium PDN 06-001) Epimedium 'Candy Striper', a 2011 PDN release, is one of the most unique epimediums that we have grown. In early April, the deciduous 15" tall x 20" wide clumps are adorned with terminal clusters of small four-petaled flowers that are white, but streaked with dark pink. Unlike most epimediums, the non-overlapping petals give Epimedium 'Candy Striper' a most distinctive look. The leaves, which emerge green with a narrow purple edge, are a nice foil for the flowers. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: Epimedium PDN 05-009) This 2011 Plant Delights introduction is a vigorous Epimedium grandiflorum type (we don't know the baby daddy for sure), that forms a 18" tall x 3' wide clump. The green foliage is topped, starting in early April (NC), with stalks of stunning cherry-red flowers, highlighted by the unique spurs, which are white on each side...quite stunning! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: Epimedium PDN 06-003) Epimedium 'Chocolatte' is a vigorous 2011 PDN introduction...an Epimedium x omeiense-like hybrid that combines a unique brown flower color and exceptional vigor with superbly ornamental foliage. The 20" tall x 3' wide semi-evergreen clump is topped, starting in mid-late March, with spikes of large chocolate brown petals, each backed by long white sepals. The flowers nicely echo the chocolate bronze color of the new foliage. If you're a chocoholic, you'll love this low calorie indulgence! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This dazzling 2004 Darrell Probst hybrid is one of our absolute favorite epimediums. The tight clumps of long, spiny green leaves are heavily flecked with amber. In April and May, the 3' wide clumps are topped with 2' tall, hairy, burgundy, arching spikes of large white-spurred flowers, each highlighted by a maroon flower tip...exceedingly floriferous compared to most of the industry standards. Our 4-year-old deer-resistant clumps produce over 100 flower spikes..simply superb. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This wonderful epimedium selection was brought into the US from Japan by Terra Nova founder, Dan Heims. The plant was subsequently named and introduced in 2001 by Diana Reeck of Collector's Nursery. The vigorous clumps are topped, starting in early April, with spider-like flowers, composed of bright pink cups and complementary bright pink spurs...a very nice deer-resistant selection. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This deer-resistant selection of the deciduous Japanese Epimedium grandiflorum arose in the garden of the late Harold Epstein...a probable rendezvous between Epimedium 'Yubae' and Epimedium 'Silver Queen'. I understand Harold actually encouraged this in his garden as long as he got to watch. The green foliage, which emerges chocolate-purple, is topped with large purple-and-white bicolor flowers in spring...still quite rare commercially, so get 'em while they last. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
We are delighted to again offer this hard-to-find selection of Epimedium grandiflorum from our friend Pierre Bennerup of Sunny Border, via Darrell Probst. Epimedium 'Pierre's Purple' features stunning, large purple flowers unlike any color we have seen on an epimedium. The flowers emerge just prior to the new foliage on this deciduous deer-resistant clumping selection. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
If you like the color purple, then we've got an epimedium for you. Epimedium 'Purple Prince' makes a nice clump of heart-shaped, deer-resistant leaves that emerge rose purple-colored and form an 8" tall clump, topped with spikes of dark purple flowers. After flowering, the new 18" tall leaf flush covers the old flower stalks. This is a stunning epimedium selection that you won't want to be without. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
Epimedium 'Bronze Maiden' is a 1999 release from epimedium guru Darrell Probst that emerges in spring with mahogany-bronze new foliage, which is in turn topped with mauvy-lavender clusters of large-spurred flowers in late March and April in NC. Expect a three-year-old clump of this winter-deciduous, deer-resistant selection to reach 1' tall x 30" wide. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This PDN seedling (probably an Epimedium sagitatum hybrid) has been a favorite for years in our trials and now we finally have enough to share. Epimedium 'Mini Pearl' makes a tight deer-resistant clump topped, starting in very early March (NC), with 2' spikes of tiny pink buds which open to small white flowers, each highlighted by a yellow cup. Epimedium 'Mini Pearl' produces the same cloud-like effect of Epimedium sagitatum. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
Our 2010 introduction, Epimedium 'Razzleberry' is a PDN selection of the naturally-occurring Chinese hybrid Epimedium x omeiense (Epimedium acuminatum x Epimedium fangii). The deer-resistant, slowly spreading patch, to 1' tall x 2' wide in 5 years, is laden from late March until late May (NC) with 18" long, arching floral spikes of large flowers, each composed of wide-spreading purple spurs, a purple cup, and contrasted nicely with pure white sepals. Did I mention the new foliage is heavily-speckled raspberry? Simply scrumptious! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This Robin White hybrid was derived from a rendevous of Epimedium leptorrhizum and Epimedium pubescens. The evergreen, deer-resistant foliage of Epimedium 'Pink Elf' adorns a 1' tall x 2' wide clump, topped in early spring with flower stalks laden with an abundance of tiny, airy light pink flowers. Each pink flower is highlighted by a darker bronze cup...very cute. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: E. PDN 05-16) This 2010 PDN introduction is our 2005 seedling selection of the deciduous Epimedium grandiflorum that has proved outstanding in our trials. Epimedium 'Pink Parasol' is the most vigorous Epimedium grandiflorum we grow, quickly forming a 22" tall x 30" wide clump. Starting in late March and continuing until early May (NC), Epimedium 'Pink Parasol' produces spikes of large rosy-lavender flowers held just above the bronze-emerging deer-resistant foliage. We think you are going to really like this. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This 1973 collection from Soviet Georgia by the US National Arboretum's Skip March was later named by Darrell Probst. At the onset of cold weather, the amazing deer-resistant, evergreen foliage of Epimedium 'Thunderbolt' darkens to charcoal black with contrasting green veins which form a "thunderbolt" pattern. This species, which spreads by rhizomes, makes a 3' wide patch in 6 years, topped in spring with 10" tall flower spikes with open-faced, bright yellow flowers. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This 1999 introduction was discovered as a seedling in the garden of our friend and keen gardener, Judy Springer of Virginia. The short rhizomes form a slowly-expanding clump, topped in spring with 1' tall deer-resistant foliage that emerges with an attractive burgundy flush about the same time the flower spikes top the foliage with large, outfacing, pink and cherry-red flowers. You'll agree that it's a combination scrumptious enough to eat! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This recent hybrid (Epimedium alpinum x Epimedium pinnatum ssp. colchicum) from master breeder, Ernst Pagels of Germany, is a much slower spreader than straight Epimedium x warleyense. The flowers are also a lighter shade of orange as they top the clumps in late March and early April. From Zone 7 southward, expect the deer-resistant foliage to remain evergreen. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
E. wushanense is one of the rarest species that we've ever offered. This is the real thing, not the other misidentified new species that is offered as Epimedium 'Carmel'. From a very small population in the Wushan Mountains in eastern Sichuan's Three Gorges area comes this fabulous clumper, introduced only in small quantities by epimedium guru, Darrell Probst in 2004. The 10" long x 3" wide, dark green, spiny leaves, often flushed in spring with pink or bronze, are the background for the 2' long, densely packed, arching flower spikes holding up to 100 flowers each. Each 1.5" wide flower has a white back and contrasting yellow cup. We depleted our inventory so far last time, it's taken us years to rebuild stock...don't miss out this time. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
I'm in love with this vigorous Japanese fairy wing hybrid (Epimedium davidii x Epimedium grandiflorum 'Yubae'), which makes a tight 1' tall x 18" wide deer-resistant deciduous clump. The clumps of Epimedium 'Yokihi' are topped in spring with 18" tall flower spikes of large flowers, each composed of a white spur and backed by neon pink sepals...a real eye-catcher for the woodland garden. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
Epimedium x youngianum 'Fairy Dust' is a 2004 Darrell Probst hybrid that forms a tight 7" tall x 15" wide clump topped, starting in late March, with 10" flower spikes. Each flower is composed of a white cup, small white inner spurs, and larger mauvy-lavender sepals. The foliage emerges a lovely light chocolate...very cute! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
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