Juniperus horizontalis Pancake Apios (aka: Epimedium PDN08-04) Epimedium 'Picture

(aka: Epimedium PDN08-04) Epimedium 'Picture Frame' is a 2014 Plant Delights introduction that forms an 18" tall x 30" wide clump in the woodland garden

This easy-to-grow species from China's Hubei Province is very rare in cultivation but similar in form to Epimedium franchetii

clothed with green marijuana-like foliage

quickly covering the ground without the need for mulch

poorly drained soils are not a good idea if you'd like to keep your plant around

Juniperus horizontalis Pancake Apios (aka: Epimedium PDN08-04) Epimedium 'PicturePancake juniper is a particularly diminutive version of the wonderful North American native groundcover, Juniperus horizontalis. This 1990s introduction was discovered in Newfoundland by the late plantsman Nick Nickou and UConn botanist Howard Pfeifer. The blue grey foliage of Juniperus 'Pancake' creeps along the ground at a maximum height of a mere 3" tall, beautifully echoing each feature of the ground below. In winter, the foliage of the 4' wide