Epimedium franchetii Lemon Drop 9a This amazing Brookside Gardens release

This amazing Brookside Gardens release is still quite rare in the trade

Woodwardia orientalis 'Crispa' is one of the most special and rare ferns in our collection

the dark black of the night

from a population we explored just east of the Montgomery County town of Biscoe

The plants emerge in spring with stunning yellow edges on the cut-leaf foliage

Epimedium franchetii Lemon Drop 9a This amazing Brookside Gardens releaseEpimedium franchetii 'Lemon Drop' is our selection of the easy to grow, early flowering, clump forming fairy wing from Hubei and Guizhou Provinces of China, that has only recently been introduced into cultivation in the US. The first stalks of Epimedium franchetii 'Lemon Drop' to emerge in spring are clothed with light bronze emerging 5" long leaves and topped with terminal clusters of large, lemon yellow flowers, each backed by creamy yellow sepals