This deciduous perennialhas a long creeping slender rhizome with spreading foliage and forms a clump. It has dull green divided leaves with narrow heart shaped leaflets and the spreading white flowers appear in a loose raceme during spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Epimedium ogisui is naturally found in Sichuan, China growing in limestone deposits near waterfalls or water courses in the lower mountains at an altitude of 1,000 m (3,280 ft).

It prefers a semi-shaded protected position and grows in well-drained organic rich moist sandy to clay loam that is tending neutral with a pH range of 6.2 to 7.0. It will tolerate drier conditions when dormant and limestone-based soils and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Ogisu's Fairy Wings is grown for its dense mounded habit with burgundy new growth and its sprays of delicate white flowers. It is planted along shaded garden borders or used as a specimen in rockeries. It has also grown in moist gully plantings and can be mass planted as a ground cover.

It is suitable for inland and low-mountain regions and establishes in 3-4 years and is long lived. This spreading perennial is used in planter boxes or as a spill-over above retaining walls and in the understory of deciduous woodlands. ID 3482

Epimedium(ep-ih-MEE-dee-um) ogisui (O-guy-su-ee)

ogisui: named after Mikinori Ogisu

Berberidaceae (BER-be-rid-AY-see-ee)