Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe silver-backed

silver-backed

we listed this as a form of Aspidistra lurida and later Aspidistra sichuanensis

are not always the showiest members of the genus

Clumps can thrive for decades with no care as long as they are planted in the right conditions

We think you'll really like this miniature oddity

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe silver-backedThis 1973 collection from Soviet Georgia by the US National Arboretum's Skip March was later named by Darrell Probst. In spring, the leaves of Epimedium 'Thunderbolt' emerge olive green with a cinnamon border, and later at the onset of cold weather, the amazing deer resistant, evergreen foliage darkens to charcoal black with contrasting green veins which form a "thunderbolt" pattern. Epimedium pinnatum 'Thunderbolt' spreads by rhizomes to form a 3'