Isodon effusus Dasylirion Epimedium 'Sweetheart' has much better

Epimedium 'Sweetheart' has much better foliage (larger and darker green) that is fully evergreen

the 1' tall x 2' wide (5 years) Iris lazica clumps are adorned with lavender-blue flowers

The tiny green leaves make a tight clump to only 3" in width

Although no one is sure of its origin

Isodon effusus Dasylirion Epimedium 'Sweetheart' has much better(aka: Rabdosia effusus (longituba), Plectranthus effusus) From the Japanese mountains of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu comes this woodland member of the salvia family formerly Rabdosia longituba, before its reassignment to the genus Plectranthus, then to the genus Isodon. The stems of the clumping Isodon effusus rise throughout the summer, reaching 2' tall by September when they are topped with 1' long, airy panicles containing hundreds of pendent,