Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe are not always the showiest

are not always the showiest members of the genus

blue-green leaves with a very wide

Each perfectly symmetrical 2' wide clump is topped with a nice display of purple flowers on 20" scapes in early summer

Vertical spikes of blue (or white) are a valuable contrast to the shapes and colors of so many other flowering plants and they are produced all summer into fall

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Southeast Europe are not always the showiestThis 1973 collection from Soviet Georgia by the US National Arboretum's Skip March was later named by Darrell Probst. In spring, the leaves of Epimedium 'Thunderbolt' emerge olive green with a cinnamon border, and later at the onset of cold weather, the amazing deer resistant, evergreen foliage darkens to charcoal black with contrasting green veins which form a "thunderbolt" pattern. Epimedium pinnatum 'Thunderbolt' spreads by rhizomes to form a 3'