Epimedium grandiflorum Lilac Fairy ('Lilafee')
BARRENWORT
- Racemes of spurred lavender-purple flowers stand above the foliage
- Foliage emerges in spring with a bronze-red tinge, turning green as the season progresses
- Red-bronze tones in the fall
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Epimedium rubrum
RED BARRENWORT
- Sprays of cherry-red star-shaped flowers peek through the foliage
- Spiny-toothed heart-shaped leaves are red-tinted throughout the seasons
- Turns a bronzy-red in the fall and remains through the winter
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Epimedium x Orange Queen ('Orangekonigen')
ORANGE QUEEN FAIRY WINGS
- Compact, mounding habit
- Bushy evergreen dark green foliage
- Sprays of coppery-orange flowers in mid to late spring
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Epimedium x Sphinx Twinkler ('Spine Tingler')
SPHINX TWINKLER BARRENWORT
- Fine sulfur-yellow blooms are borne on long racemes
- Flowers hang pendulously from upright stems
- New leaves have a chocolate hue in the spring
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Epimedium x cantabrigiense
BARRENWORT
- Numerous dainty yellow flowers with a pink tinge and yellow stamens
- Leaves are copper-tinted in the spring and mature to green in the summer
- Foliage turns to hues of bronze and red as the season cools and remains through the winter
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'
BARRENWORT
- Butter-yellow flower with a small bronze centres
- Flowers rise slightly above foliage
- Semi-evergreen spiny heart-shaped leaflets are bronze-marbled in the spring
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'
BARRENWORT
- Pure white star-shaped flowers rise above the foliage on thin wiry stems
- Blooms later in the spring than other cultivars of epimedium
- Fine-toothed triangular leaves emerge red and fade to green with a red tinge
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Equisetum hyemale
SCOURING RUSH
- Rigid hollow bamboo-like stems
- Dark green with black banding at joints
- Produces small brown cone-like stem tips in the summer
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-200 cm
Eragrostis spectabilis
PURPLE LOVE GRASS
- This grass has a mounding habit and forms a disorganized clump
- Leaf blades are light green with a hint of red
- Foliage turns bronze-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 25-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eremurus stenophyllus
FOXTAIL LILY
- Impressive tall spikes with numerous small star-shaped yellow flowers
- Blooms fade to a coppery-orange as they age
- Buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Eremurus x isabellinus 'Cleopatra'
FOXTAIL LILY
- Impressive tall spikes with numerous small orange lily-like flowers
- Flower buds open in sequence from bottom to top, for a long-lasting show
- Strap-like blue-green foliage goes dormant after the flowers finish
HEIGHT: 100-120 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erianthus ravennae
PLUME GRASS
- AKA Saccharum ravennae
- Coarse gray-green leaves, up to 120 cm long, arch gracefully on tall sturdy stalks
- Plumes of pinkish-silver flowers rise well above foliage
HEIGHT: 150-300 cm · SPREAD: 125-200 cm
Erica carnea 'Springwood Pink'
SPRINGWOOD PINK HEATH
- Clusters of drooping pink cylindrical flowers
- Small green needle-like leaves keep their colour all year
- Insignificant fruit rattles when jostled
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erica carnea 'Springwood White'
SPRINGWOOD WHITE HEATH
- Clusters of drooping white cylindrical flowers
- Small green needle-like leaves keeps their colour all year
- Slow-growing low spreading habit
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Red'
DARLEY HEATH
- AKA Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Rote'
- Small bell-shaped reddish-purple blooms
- Evergreen needle-like bronze-green to dark green leaves
HEIGHT: 30 cm · SPREAD: 60 cm
Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'
BLUE SEA HOLLY
- Strong stems with numerous prickly steel-blue flowers clustered on one branch
- Flowers are much smaller than the common sea holly
- Smooth leaves are dark green, deeply toothed, and stay very low and compact
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Eryngium yuccifolium
RATTLESNAKE MASTER
- Creamy-green spherical flowers
- Strap-like blue-green basal leaves with bristled edges
- Semi-evergreen foliage
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Eryngium zabelii 'Big Blue' ( PP20636, COPF)
SEA HOLLY
- Electric-blue flowers on sturdy blue stems
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Flower Size: 10 cm
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Erythronium americanum
TROUT LILY
- Nodding yellow bell-shaped flowers
- Flowers may have yellow, purple or brown anthers
- Plants having two emerging basal leaves will likely produce a flower
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Eucomis bicolor
PINEAPPLE LILY
- Clusters of pale green star-shaped flowers with maroon margins
- Above the flowers rests a cluster of leafy green bracts giving it the appearance of a pineapple
- Thick, stocky stems with purple-speckled markings
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Eucommia ulmoides
HARDY RUBBER TREE
- Rounded, spreading crown, with broad ascending branches
- Serrated elliptic to ovate glossy dark green leaves
- Insignificant greenish-brown flowers
HEIGHT: 15-18 m · SPREAD: 12-15 m
Euonymus alatus
BURNING BUSH
- Inconspicuous yellow flowers
- Orange-red seeds are often not noticed because of plant's fall colour
- Medium-green leaves are densely packed on corky-barked twigs
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 2-2.50 m
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'
DWARF BURNING BUSH
- Inconspicuous yellow flowers
- Orange-red seeds are often not noticeable because of the plant's fall colour
- Medium-green leaves are densely packed on twigs
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Euonymus alatus Little Moses ('Odom') (PP13168)
LITTLE MOSES BURNING BUSH
- Inconspicuous yellow flowers
- Orange-red seeds are often not noticeable because of the plant's fall colour
- Medium-green leaves are densely packed on twigs
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm