Epimedium hunanense
Strangely, this wonderful relative of Epimedium davidii was discovered in 1919, but only recently made it into commerce thanks to epimedium guru, Darrell Probst. Epimedium hunanense is endemic to a small region straddling the Chinese provinces of Hunan and Guangxi. In the garden, Epimedium hunanense makes a slowly spreading, evergreen, deer-resistant clump to 1′ tall x 2′ wide, topped from early April through early May with 15″ long spikes of large, yellow, spider-like flowers. For us, both the randomly-toothed leaves and flowers are slightly larger than the more commonly grown Epimedium davidii.
