Epimedium franchetii Suntan England dark green leaves emerge with

dark green leaves emerge with a wonderful mottled rose-purple pattern in spring

Texas plantsman/garden writer Scott Ogden took me to a road cut in Comal County

Epimedium 'Making Waves' behaves similarly to Epimedium x youngianum hybrids and is one of the first cultivars to go dormant in fall

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Epimedium franchetii Suntan England dark green leaves emerge withEpimedium franchetii 'Suntan' is a 2016 Plant Delights introduction a selection of the Chinese fairy wing, whose early spring foliage emerges dark raspberry before maturing to bronze, and later to green. Epimedium franchetii 'Suntan' is topped in early spring with upright stalks of large, butter yellow, spider like flowers a superb contrast against the bronze foliage. Although evergreen in our climate, we recommend removing the old foliage in late