Products with ingredients extracted from plants, such as puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris), barrenwort (
Epimedium), and valerian are labeled as supplementary foods in some countries but are classified as Chinese herbal medicine in Taiwan.
This woodland setting is perfect for growing shade-loving and ground-hugging plants, such bergenia, heuchera,
epimedium, hosta, lamium, tiarella, violets, lungwort and vinca or periwinkle.
Herbaceous geraniums also work well as does Hedera helix - ivy -
epimedium and Tiarellacordifolia.
SPRING
EPIMEDIUM: "I love them because they have really interesting leaf mottling and colourings and very delicate flowers.
Introduced relatively recently,
Epimedium Freya is a delight.
Introduced relatively recently,
Epimedium 'Freya' is a delight.
Osteoblastic proliferation stimulation activity of
Epimedium koreanum Nakai extracts and its flavonol glycosides.
And it is a famous Chinese herbal medicine, made from the dried aerial parts of
Epimedium brevicornum Maxim,
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb.
Testing focused on products made with yohimbe and/or
epimedium (horny goat weed), two popular ingredients found in natural remedies for sexual dysfunction.
"Don't just leave fallen leaves because they may hide tiny treasures like erythroniums,
epimedium grandiflorum and versicolor.
The herbal remedy, known in Latin as
epimedium, contains icariin which has a similar effect to Viagra, reports the Daily Express.
You perhaps are more familiar with perennials such as arabis, ground phlox, bleeding hearts (particularly magnificent this year),
epimedium, dwarf bearded iris and a host of others waiting to be included in your landscape.