Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Polystichum dark green border

dark green border

combined with all summer flowering

Baptisia 'Screamin' Yellow' is a selection of Baptisia sphaerocarpa from native plant guru Larry Lowman

the lacy cutleaf green foliage emerges as a nice foil

bell-shaped flowers

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Polystichum dark green borderThis 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'