Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia blue-green leaves that

blue-green leaves that

'Loyalist'

The light pink pouch flushed with violet streaks is backed with violet-red sepals

and to fool all your neighbors with its identity

these are the flowers

Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia blue-green leaves thatE. membranaceum is another little known Chinese species with tremendous garden potential. To us, E. membranaceum superficially resembles a clumping E. rhizomatosum. For us, the clump is topped, starting in early May (NC) with numerous 22" flower spikes, each with up to two dozen 2" spider like, bright yellow flowers. The late Professor William Stearn wrote, "Cultivated at Kew, Epimedium membranaceum flowers longer than any other species of the genus."