This species does not generally produce a second flush of leaves after flowering.
E. sempervirens ' Aurora' is an exception in that it does produce a second flush of leaves. It is dwarfer than most forms; the small to medium-sized leaflets reching six inches ( 15 cm) tall in bloom, with the second flush of leaves reaching nine inches (22 cm).
'Aurora' was named by Dick Weaver and sold by WeDu as a cultivar of E. grandiflorum.
'Aurora's' large, dark lavender flowers are a rare color for this species. Notice the slight ruffling of the edges, to my mind remarkably beautiful.
E. sempervirens 'Candy Hearts' greets spring with solid rosy-pink foliage that slowly fades to green with a rose border, complimenting the large silvery-pink flowers.
Leaflets become medium-sized at maturity forming a clump about nine inches tall (22 cm). Darrell says this has been slow to increase, but has proved an excellent parent plant.
E. sempervirens - violet is one that grew for many years in Harold Epstein's garden and one whose identity Darrell has been trying to pin down for years.
The medium-sized lavender flowers are beautiful, whoever it really is. Note that the spurs curve back in toward the cup.
Leaflets are rather narrow on stems fourteen inches (35 cm) tall.
Epimedium x versicolor
E. x versicolor is a hybrid between E. grandiflorum and E. pinnatum ssp. colchicum that was made originally at the Ghent Botanic Garden.
These are generally sterile, semi-evergreen to evergreen, somewhat spreading plants with medium size leaflets and flowers of various colors. They are also drought tolerant.
E. versicolor 'Cherry Tart' was a 1999 Cobblewood® introduction that appeared as a spontaneous seedling in Judy Springer's Great Falls, VA garden.
It's semi-clump forming with a habit similar to 'Neosulphureum'. The new, medium-sized leaflets are flushed with reddish-purple in spring.
Just look at those flowers!! 'Cherry Tart's' flaming red spurs contrast with the rose-pink inner sepals and lemon yellow rimmed cup.
Each twelve to fifteen inch (30 - 37 cm) stem carries numerous out-facing flowers.
Epimedium x setosum
E. x setosum is an ancient, stable, fertile hybrid between E. diphyllum and E. sempervirens, found in areas surrounding the Seto inland Sea on Honshu and Kyushu, Japan - hence the name setosum.
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