Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Perennial Plant of the Year Bartzella peony is a double

Bartzella peony is a double flower with so many petals that bees will not find it easy to find the nectar

Since it is a vigorous spreader

The first time I saw this ginger

In late March (NC)

Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Perennial Plant of the Year Bartzella peony is a doubleEpimedium sempervirens 'Candy Hearts' is a 2001 Darrell Probst introduction that forms a 10" tall x 2' wide, semi evergreen clump of dark green foliage that emerges rosy violet in late winter, morphs to green leaves with a violet edge, then finally changes to solid green. The clumps are topped, starting in early April (NC), with terminal clusters of light lavender flowers that just top the emerging foliage quite special in the early spring garden.