Epimedium warleyense - Orange Queen Epimedium - May 2023
Last week, we popped into the annual Morton Arboretum Arbor Day Plant Sale and picked up a few new (to us) perennials and some vegetables and herbs that I'll be posting over the coming days/weeks as I get each of them in the ground. My plan is to plant as much as possible while the temps are low and before our mulch arrives. The first plant in was bought as a solo container. I know, I know. That's a big gardening mistake that I actively try to avoid, but from time-to-time I buy a single - mostly with the kids. This is one of those cases - as the KotBTs picked this one out and planted it in 'his garden' in the backyard. I have a small colony of existing Epimedium - Amber Queen - that I planted on the north side bed under some trees. Those, too, were brought home from the Morton Sale back in 2020 . It is a slow-to-establish plant for me - and that's part of the reputation. And, it spreads by rhizomes (which...I think I'm seeing my first new plant that p