Epimedium epsteinii Cuphea Climbing aster is amazingly drought

Climbing aster is amazingly drought tolerant

Our 1' tall x 2' wide clumps flower in late winter and early spring with terminal clusters holding masses of pink-backed greenish flowers

Disporum flavens is covered with dark black berries

'Gold Standard'

The flat evergreen rosettes to 6" wide have unusually crinkled leaves

Epimedium epsteinii Cuphea Climbing aster is amazingly droughtThis new, recently published species (1997) was discovered by the Beijing Botanic Garden and sent to Darrell Probst for identification. Darrell in turn asked the UK epimedium guru, the late Dr. William Stearn, to name the plant in honor of the late Harold Epstein. This splendid vigorous evergreen species makes a nice dense groundcover, spreading at the rate of 8" per year. The glossy foliage provides a nice foil to the stunning bicolor flowers (up to