Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron this lily emerges with a

this lily emerges with a narrow white line perfectly penciled around each glaucous green leaf

woody perennial (shrub) to 5' tall x 7' wide in 5 years

Trillium flexipes (white) and Trillium sulcatum (dark blood red)

glossy leaves

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum Thunderbolt Erigeron this lily emerges with aThis 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'