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Anyone growing epimedium?

topsiebeezelbub

9 years ago

I have never seen epimedium growing here in N. Alabama, nor for sale. I would love to try it, but wonder if if doesn't do well here. Is anyone else growing it? My yard is all shade and I need something different...well, LONG for something different.

Comments (3)

browneyedsusan_gw
9 years ago
It does very well in my yard in Birmingham. If you are planning to attend the plant swap on Sep. 27 at Oak Mountain, I will bring you some.

Susan
topsiebeezelbub
Original Author
9 years ago
That is very kind Susan but I won't be able to attend...I am sure you will have lots of takers on it! I just wanted to be sure I wasn't murdering something only suited for the cool Northwest.
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agardenstateof_mind
9 years ago
Topsie, I'm also in USDA zone 7, in coastal New Jersey, and several epimediums have been doing very well for years in the sandy soil of my shady garden.

(To explain my presence: I stopped in on this forum to try to get a handle on AL gardening, since my daughter just moved to the Birmingham area.)

Getting back to the epimedium, I'm delighted with these hardy little plants, but with a fairly small garden I stick to the clumping rather than spreading ones.

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