Hairy stems. Very simple tiny bell shaped flowers with just 4 petals..pale pink. No spurs. insides simple. Having done my research I believe it is Epimedium pubigerum.....hairy barrenwort. (I even had to resort to Stearns book on Epimediums)
Quote Claire Austin.... " Frothy sprays of tiny pale pink flowers sit above a mound of heart shaped evergreen foliage."
Not sure what you mean. Mystery flowers are pink. Epimedium pubigerum Orange konigin ..means Orange King..the flowers are orange...so hardly a good match.
I thought the flower shape was a match. My last guess here is Epimedium x warleyense ‘Ellen Wilmott’ which has less of the orange.
Of note, the photo is the original post by @Bluebelltime is a crop of a screenshot from Gardeners’ World 2021 episode 5 so you can get a wider view looking at that.
I’m still puzzled by the very pink colouring of the flowers though. I can vouch for the fact that E. versicolor ‘Cherry Tart’ has pink flowers, but these are quite a bit darker. Time to check out my best Christmas present—Stearn on Epimediums!
I’m still puzzled by the very pink colouring of the flowers though. I can vouch for the fact that E. versicolor ‘Cherry Tart’ has pink flowers, but these are quite a bit darker. Time to check out my best Christmas present—Stearn on Epimediums!
So many tiny details to look at in Epimediums...endlessly fascinating and exquisite.
Plants come and go in fashion ..eg Hosta/Heuchera/Epimediums. Stearns book is wonderful. However it was written in 1938. Since his book was republished/updated in 2002 many new hybrid/cultivars have been created by man. Ones Stearn could never have dreamed about.
Book.......Epimediums.....This Kew classic is an augmented edition of William Stearn’s classic monograph on Epimedium published in 1938
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Still trying to get which one.
http://www.jlbg.org/content/gallery/Epimedium_(Fairy_Wing)/Epimedium-x-versicolor-Strawberry-Blush-(Joe-Pye-Weed-Gardens)
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Most interesting.
I adore Epimediums, with their exquisite, tiny beautiful flowers...so varied in shape and colour.
So many new interesting hybrids now.
Hairy stems.
Very simple tiny bell shaped flowers with just 4 petals..pale pink. No spurs.
insides simple.
Having done my research I believe it is Epimedium pubigerum.....hairy barrenwort.
(I even had to resort to Stearns book on Epimediums)
Quote Claire Austin....
" Frothy sprays of tiny pale pink flowers sit above a mound of heart shaped evergreen foliage."
Be careful. Not all images on www are named accurately.
eg Gardens World image for E. pubigerum is not correct.
https://claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk/products/epimedium-pubigerum
https://dorsetperennials.co.uk/product/epimedium-pubigerum/
I have E. pubigerum (the normal kind) and the spurs are pale at the tips. But it’s closer to the flower shape.
What about this one? https://www.bauer-baumschulen.ch/de-ch/pflanzenshop/stauden-bodendecker/epimedium-pubigerum-orangekoenigin
Epimedium pubigerum Orange konigin ..means Orange King..the flowers are orange...so hardly a good match.
https://www.google.com/search?q="epimedium+pubigerum+orange+konigin"&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi3i8b_5oXwAhWMweAKHfa3AawQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq="epimedium+pubigerum+orange+konigin"&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDIECCMQJ1DeF1icM2CgTGgAcAB4AIABaIgBzAGSAQMwLjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=8hp7YLfKKYyDgwf274bgCg&bih=578&biw=1280&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785
Of note, the photo is the original post by @Bluebelltime is a crop of a screenshot from Gardeners’ World 2021 episode 5 so you can get a wider view looking at that.
https://www.gaissmayer.de/web/shop/pflanzen-sortiment/stauden/stauden-von-e-bis-o/epimedium-elfenblume/407/epimedium-x-warleyense-ellen-willmott/2440/
Plants come and go in fashion ..eg Hosta/Heuchera/Epimediums.
Stearns book is wonderful. However it was written in 1938.
Since his book was republished/updated in 2002 many new hybrid/cultivars have been created by man. Ones Stearn could never have dreamed about.
Book.......Epimediums.....This Kew classic is an augmented edition of William Stearn’s classic monograph on Epimedium published in 1938
Just found a new one with a plant collectors number Epimedium pubigerum PDN002
Looks pink.
http://www.jlbg.org/content/gallery/Epimedium_(Fairy_Wing)/Epimedium-pubigerum-PDN002-flowers-closeup/