Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia often edged in a faint

often edged in a faint pale green netting

We've had great luck using Lysimachia 'Persian Chocolate' to cover extremely difficult

and to fool all your neighbors with its identity

) is topped in early summer with 2' tall spikes of medium-lavender flowers

This amazing

Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia often edged in a faintE. membranaceum is another little known Chinese species with tremendous garden potential. To us, E. membranaceum superficially resembles a clumping E. rhizomatosum. For us, the clump is topped, starting in early May (NC) with numerous 22" flower spikes, each with up to two dozen 2" spider like, bright yellow flowers. The late Professor William Stearn wrote, "Cultivated at Kew, Epimedium membranaceum flowers longer than any other species of the genus."