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    Underrated Epimediums

    Apr 06, 2021 4 minutes

    SPRING flowers bring with them all the excitement of new beginnings, and although everyone looks forward to the big impact flowers like tulips, for me it’s the understated beauties like epimediums that quietly steal the show. Discovering them flowering in a shady patch is like spotting the first snowdrops at the end of winter.

    Epimediums are the type of plant that make you wonder why you ever thought of shade as a problem. This robust plant looks far from tough, with delicate flowers hanging from thin stems, but they are reliable picks for ground cover. Some varieties will even flower

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