Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Adiantum The foliage is the typical

The foliage is the typical black leaf with a red border

because at the onset of hot weather the entire clump goes dormant for the summer

since the specific epithet "asaroides" means asarum-like

is a thing of beauty

Palm growers who have tried these report surprisingly good winter hardiness

Epimedium sempervirens Candy Hearts Adiantum The foliage is the typicalEpimedium sempervirens 'Candy Hearts' is a 2001 Darrell Probst introduction that forms a 10" tall x 2' wide, semi evergreen clump of dark green foliage that emerges rosy violet in late winter, morphs to green leaves with a violet edge, then finally changes to solid green. The clumps are topped, starting in early April (NC), with terminal clusters of light lavender flowers that just top the emerging foliage quite special in the early spring garden.