Echinacaea angustifolia PRICE 1@ $8.00

Increasingly popular as a medicinal plant, it won’t do diddly against pulmonary Anthrax but may ease the common cold, pendulous thready ray florets to 4.5cm long droop from dark heads atop 65cm stems, widespread across the prairies.

 

Echinacaea pallida ........... PRICE 1@ $8.00

A spectacular species superficially similar to angustifolia but larger overall reaching 4’ in height with florets that droop 9cm below the disk.

 

Echinacaea pallida 'Hula Dancer' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Thin quill like pink rays hang like a hula skirt, the human version would be quite revealing, alas this will only arouse kinky botanists.

 

Echinacaea paradoxa ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Very unusual species known only from a few dry prairie knobs in Southeastern Kansas, Southwestern Missouri, Northwestern Arkansas, and Northeast Texas. Flowers are extremely showy with brilliant yellow 3” rays surrounding the Conehead center, my favorite Echinacea.

 

Ech. paradoxa x purpurea 'Evan Saul' ('Sundown')        PRICE 1@ $12.00

One of the plethera of new orange hybrids, it’s a fairly decent grower for us and great in a sunny border.

 

Echinacaea purpurea Baby Swan' PRICE 1@ $8.00

A dwarf version of white swan, nice mounded compact plants with white flowers for months.

 

Echinacaea purpurea 'Big Sky Sunrise'           PRICE 1@ $12.00

Another of the new selections with some paradoxa in it’s blood, we are still sorting out which of these are the best performers in the midwest.

 

Echinacaea purpurea 'Double Decker'             PRICE 1@ $12.00

Skewered flowers one atop the other, it does have a certain weird appeal.

 

Echinacaea purpurea Magnus PRICE 1@ $8.00

Intensely colored with very broad horizontally held petals; great for cut flower production.

 

Echinacaea purpurea 'Rubinstern' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Hey Coneheads, don’t get caught short we have an improved form of ‘Magnus’ with horizontally held intense carmine red petals atop meter high stems, supposedly this represents the ultimate coneflower, it will conquer the world, maybe.

 

Echinacaea purpurea 'Starlight' PRICE 1@ $8.00

This is an improved and reselected version of the old standby Bright Star with larger flowers and less tendency to droop petals.

 

Echinops banaticus 'Blue Glow' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Globular blue flowers, attractive for cutting, the steely blue cricket hunters, and spider wasps love em, flashing metallic colors as they flick their wings.

 

Echinops ritro ...................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Flower heads a bit smaller than banaticus, Ritro is a wonderful ornamental thistle that is native to Europe and Central Asia, it bears few spines and is a first rate border perennial.

 

Echinops sphaerocephalus arctic glow      PRICE 1@ $6.50

Especially strong grower with even larger flowers than Ritro, silvery white in color, very attractive to hunting wasps, but don't worry they almost never sting people; Europe.

 

Echium russicum ................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A seldom offered species native from Eastern Europe through the Caucasus with dark red spikes of flowers, it is extremely showy and while it can be monocarpic Rix, who has an good picture on p.170 of Perennials v.1 reports it perennial if planted on sandy soils in full sun.

 

Edrianthus dalmaticus PRICE 1@ $6.50

Piatek collected this attractive western Yugoslavian species; rosettes of grassy leaves and clustered heads of 3-6 showy violet-blue flowers on erect 4-6” stems, it’s flashy and a fantastic easy to please rock plant.

 

Edrianthus dalmaticus PRICE 1@ $6.50

Piatek collected this attractive western Yugoslavian species; rosettes of grassy leaves and clustered heads of 3-6 showy violet-blue flowers on erect 4-6” stems, it’s flashy and a fantastic easy to please rock plant.

 

Edrianthus graminifolius PRICE 1@ $6.50

Grassy foliage, flowering stems are ascending 5-10cm topped with clusters of large bluish violet campanulate flowers, an easy showy species, I’ve grown it since I first started rock gardening.

 

Edrianthus graminifolius alba PRICE 1@ $6.50

As above but with white flowers.

 

Edrianthus tenuifolius PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native from Yugoslavia to Greece this narrow leaved mat former is similar to graminifolius and equally garden worthy.

 

Eomecon chionantha ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Asian Bloodroot, I've heard that it can be a weed in some areas, but not here, or for Punnett. It sends up clumps of Bloodroot like leaves rather widely spaced on long underground stolons, the diaphanous white flowers are in racemes above the foliage, giving a more ornamental effect than our native species.

 

Epilobium fleischeri ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native to the Alps and much like a dwarfer E. dodonaei; with rosy red flowers with reflexed styles from July to September atop 10-40cm stems

 

EPIMEDIUM

One of my favorite genera in the Berberidacaea, Epimediums are indispensable as ground covers; they are amazingly drought tolerant once established and perfect in difficult dry shaded sites although they will tolerate everything from fairly deep shade to nearly full sun. We particularly like them in conjunction with Cyclamen, the combination of emerging bronze and red foliage is unforgettable in spring; many growers cut back the evergreen forms in early spring to better appreciate the new leaves. Until recently, the selection was a bit slim however there has been a flood of new material emerging from China in recent years. We are pleased to offer a number of outstanding newer forms as well as may of the old favorites. Nomenclature on the new material is still a problem however the new Kew monograph may improve this situation next year, (it arrived too late for changes), and please don’t be put off by the confusing inner-sepal spur-petal terminology just enjoy the exotic spidery flowers and the magnificent foliage. Or perhaps take a walk on the wild side and explore their erotic horny goat weed reputation (as if goats need help in this regard), while we don’t advocate them as a Viagra substitute, it may help answer the question of how China got a population that numbers in the billions, some pharmaceutical company could get rich on this one.

 

Epimedium acuminatum DJHC 842 PRICE 1@ $25.00

A sensational species with beautiful multihued pink red and bronze evergreen foliage creating a fantastic display when it is immerging in spring and huge bicolored purple and white spidery flowers, it’s one of the showiest species we grow.

 

Epimedium 'Black Sea' .... PRICE 1@ $15.00

Considered to be a hybrid between pinnatum colchicum and something else it is an excellent garden plant free blooming with peachy flowers held well above the foliage on wiry stems with deep purple foliage in autumn.

 

Epimedium brachyrrhizum PRICE 1@ $25.00

Gigantic 2” spidery rose pink two-toned flowers this outstanding new species was discovered in 1994 in Guizhou Provence, mottled leathery semi-evergreen foliage in slowly increasing clumps it is rather similar to Epimedium leptorrhizum but with shorter rhizomes.

 

Epimedium brachyrrhizum 'Elfin Magic'          PRICE 1@ $25.00

An excellent selection from Epimedium guru Daryl Probst, gigantic 2” spidery rose pink two-toned flowers this outstanding new species was discovered in 1994 in Guizhou Provence, mottled leathery semi-evergreen foliage in slowly increasing clumps it is rather similar to Epimedium leptorrhizum but with shorter rhizomes 'Elfin Magic' is a particularly compact clone.

 

Epimedium brevicornu Daryl Cc.950224           PRICE 1@ $19.00

This has been known since Farrer’s time, he found it in Southern Gansu and described the flowers as snowy butterflies aflutter atop the spike.

 

Epimedium coreanum...... PRICE 1@ $25.00

Dick brought us this tagged Epimedium coreanum however it may be confused in cultivation with a plant Daryl Probst offers as Epimedium grandiflorum ssp. koreanum ‘Harold Epstein’ whatever the name it is a slow growing clumper like grandiflorum with huge yellow flowers.

 

Epimedium davidii .............. PRICE 1@ $15.00

Fantastic as a massed groundcover or bright accent in the woodland, davidii features rather large long spurred bright yellow flowers held well above the jagged toothed glossy evergreen foliage. Some growers cut the evergreen foliage types back in spring to better display the brilliant emerging new spring growth, we seldom get around to it and they still look good.

 

Epimedium diphyllum nanum PRICE 1@ $25.00

An elegant dwarf plant from the woodlands of Shikoku and Kyushu with compact semi evergreen mounds of jeffersoniaish foliage and sprays of delicate nodding white spurless flowers, this is small enough to use in a woodland trough.

 

Epimedium dolichostemon PRICE 1@ $19.00

These probably date from Ogisu’s 1988 Sichuan introductions the name refers to the long stamens, which give the flowers a Shooting Star effect.

 

Epimedium ecalcaratum PRICE 1@ $25.00

Clouds of rich yellow bell shaped flowers the petals and sepals forming a bell like perianth in the manner of Semiaquilegia ecalcarata, this choice and distinctive species is still quite new to western cultivation.

 

Epimedium epsteinii ........ PRICE 1@ $25.00

A stunning plant discovered by the Beijing botanic garden and named in honor of the renowned plantsman Harold Epstein, its one of the showiest species with huge two toned mauve-purple and white long spurred flowers and a vigorous running evergreen habit. It is a good grower and stops everyone who sees it for the first time dead in their tracks.

 

Epimedium franchetii ... PRICE 1@ $15.00

Large elegant mounds of coppery bronze foliage neatly trifoliate with 5” leaves this is a large plant and well grown clumps can reach 2’ in height not including the tall sprays bearing rather large long spurred yellow flowers with greenish to reddish inner sepals which are produced over a long season. First described by Stearns in 1996; prior to that it was thought to be a form of acuminatum.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum Alba PRICE 1@ $15.00

Large white flowers, the grandiflorum forms make excellent garden plants, they stay in neat clumps and are never invasive.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Crimson Beauty' PRICE 1@ $19.00

This is apparently synonymous with Rose Queen, very large flowered and free blooming, the hybrids are subject to cultivar creep, which happens as seedlings germinate around the original plant and become intermingled.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Irene' PRICE 1@ $19.00

Very large flowers on compact non-invasive plants Irene looks very neat in the landscape

 

EPIMEDIUM GRANDIFLORUM ‘LILOFEE’ PRICE 1@ $12.00

Curiously twisted lavender violet flowers on wiry stems, the combination of very large flowers and almost non-running compact foliage make it a favorite of mine.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'nanum' PRICE 1@ $19.00

Very compact with white flowers and dark edged leaves this is slow to increase so be patient, it will take a few years to form a nice clump.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Red Queen' cc950055       PRICE 1@ $19.00

Red Queen is nice, very large flowered however red is relative, the colors shade but true red it is not.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum ' Saxton's Purple'           PRICE 1@ $15.00

An outstanding grandiflorum cultivar with huge two tone reddish purple white-footed spiders suspended menacingly above the mounds of blood tinged foliage; it’s a clumper so you won’t have to worry about it attacking nearby plants.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Silver Queen'         PRICE 1@ $15.00

Another large flowered white, big clumps are very impressive.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum ' Sirius' Cc.920024            PRICE 1@ $19.00

Very large shell pink flowers, the name seems unconnected to either the star or the satellite radio service.

 

Epimedium grand.ssp koreanum 'Harold Epstein'          PRICE 1@ $25.00

Dick says this is the larges flowered Epimedium he grows, it is also rather shy flowering and a crappy grower, it resents being divided and may sulk for several years afterwards,

 

Epimedium grandiflorum v. violaceum 'Bronze Maiden'          $19.00

A dwarf plant with bronze foliage and large light pink flowers, it is lovely but slow to multiply, taking several years to clump up in the garden.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum v. violaceum Cc.980001             $19.00

Large pale purple flowers, very showy.

 

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Yubaei' PRICE 1@ $15.00

This appears to be identical with ‘Rose Queen’ with large deep rose pink flowers and fiber optic white tipped spurs.

 

Epimedium x (grandiflorum) John Galhiger            PRICE 1@ $19.00

This came from Rick Lupp years ago, it is a very large flowered plant, I can’t remember the cross perhaps grandiflorum x leptorrhizum.

 

Epimedium 'Kaguyahime' PRICE 1@ $25.00

A chance hybrid between acuminatum and dolichostemon that occurred in Yamaguchi’s garden in Japan with large pink and purple flowers and perhaps the best foliage of any Epimedium we grow.

 

Epimedium leptorrhizum PRICE 1@ $25.00

The parent of some incredible hybrids, leptorrhizum is a large flowered species with two-toned pink and white flowers that are very similar to brachyrrhizum. It is popular with breeders due to the large flower size and vigorous growth.

 

Epimedium lishihchenii PRICE 1@ $20.00

4-Legged Freaks! Lycosus epimediensus; alien looking yellow spiders walking tippy-toe, the effect is uncanny due to the extremely long curved spurs, these look like they could walk away and hunt some prey. Ender says the protruding stamens are actually a disintegrator ray projector, vine weevils beware, flee or be vaporized, earthlings take notice lishihchenii is one of the coolest new Epimediums we have seen.

 

Epimedium ogisui OG 91.001 PRICE 1@ $25.00

Rather large white on white flowers with broad petal like inner sepals and white narrow spurred petals this elegant species is named for the renowned Japanese botanist and Epimedium maven, Mikinori Ogisue.

 

Epimedium pauciflorum PRICE 1@ $30.00

A new species only recently described with nice evergreen foliage and a rhizomatous creeping habit, flowers are reasonably large with lilac inner sepals surrounded by much longer white spurs suffused and streaked pink at the base.

 

Epimedium x perralchicum 'frohnleiten'      PRICE 1@ $12.00

Perralderianum x pinnatum colchicum, 'Frohnleiten' is intermediate between the two but with more finely toothed foliage; It has lovely reddish markings in fall some of the literature reports it as a bit tender, I guess our plants never read the books. 

 

Epimedium x perralchicum 'Wisley' PRICE 1@ $12.00

The original perralchicum this is a chance crossing that occurred at Wisley between Perralderianum x pinnatum colchicum, which were growing near each other, it produces masses of round orangish yellow flowers quite unlike the spidery stars that are typical of Epimedium.

 

Epimedium perralderianum 'Weihenstephan'         PRICE 1@ $12.00

In cultivation since the 1860’s, this Algerian species is a lot tougher than you would expect, 'Weihenstephan' is similar to the species but faster spreading with larger leaves and flowers.

 

Epimedium platypetalum PRICE 1@ $30.00

Ex Kaichen via H&H. Botanicals, this has rather rounded heavily toothed leaves and rather large white flowers as with all the Chen Yi stuff, the plants are nice, but the name is suspect.

 

Epimedium pubescens OG 91.003 PRICE 1@ $20.00

An early blooming species (site it carefully to avoid damage from late frosts) from Central China with outstanding red mottled foliage that is lovely against our early winter snows and 2’ arching airy sprays of starry flowers. The white sepals spread flat in a four pointed star set in the center with brilliant gold petals from which protrude the Dodecatheon like mass of stamens; an excellent selection made by Mikinori Ogisue it is supposed to be remontant but we have seen little tendency to rebloom here at Arrowhead.

 

Epimedium pubigerum ...... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Allied to alpinum but with a shorter rhizome making it more clump forming, it makes a good show in the garden holding its substantial flowers well above the mounds of drought tolerant leathery foliage, this rare species is native to montane woods in the Transcaucasus.

 

Epimedium rhizomatosum PRICE 1@ $19.00

Native to Sichuan with very large spidery yellow flowers, it is similar to membranaceum but with a more running habit.

 

Epimedium sagittatum . PRICE 1@ $20.00

A very distinctive species from Hubei Provence with slender 6” long lustrous evergreen leaves. Myriads of small starry white flowers are borne on airy Baby’s Breath sprays.

 

Epimedium species #3 ..... PRICE 1@ $20.00

A new Chinese collection, I suspect there are several species circulating under this number, when it flowers this spring we will attempt to key it.

 

Epimedium ‘species #4 D-21’ PRICE 1@ $15.00

A mystery from Chen Yi who has probably offered more than one species number 4, This one is spectacular, a bit reminiscent of acuminatum, with snow-white flowers set with a purple four petaled star. It is one of the showiest species we grow and one of the best selling Epimediums here at the nursery

 

Epimedium stellulatum 'Wudang Star'            PRICE 1@ $20.00

A rare Chinese species only recently available with long distinctive spiny foliage and 18” sprays of 40+ starry flowers, 'Wudang Star' features contrasting brownish mauve petals and an extremely floriferous habit.

 

Epimedium sutchuense Cc.97002 PRICE 1@ $20.00

Another of the new species emerging from China in recent years, sprays of 20 or so medium sized flowers white sepals flushed purple with reddish purple long spurred petals, and nicely mottled young foliage.

 

Epimedium sutchuense Cc.950017 PRICE 1@ $20.00

As above but from a different collection

 

Epimedium versicolor sulphureum PRICE 1@ $12.00

Mint green heart shaped leaves tinged red when young & coppery in fall, sulfur yellow flowers, 1' stems.

 

EPIMEDIUM x CANTABRIGIENSE PRICE 1@ $8.00

a chance hybrid between alpinum and pubigerum that occurred in Cambridge, the two-tone flowers are comprised of bright red sepals and yellow petals and held on 18" stems well above the foliage.

 

Epimedium x omeiense 'Storm Clouds' OG 82.002 PRICE 1@ $25.00

Omeiense is a naturally occurring hybrid between Epimedium acuminatum and Epimedium fangii bearing mottled and blotched evergreen lance shaped leaflets and tall cymes of large two-tone flowers; Ogisue’s 'Storm Clouds' is one of the darkest colored Epimediums with fantastic dark chocolate flowers, originally collected on Mt Emei by Ogisue and introduced by Robin White of Blackthorn.

 

EPIMEDIUM X RUBRUM ......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Hybrid with unusual red & yellow flowers, this multiplies well and is very hardy. 

 

Epimedium x warleyense PRICE 1@ $12.00

A garden hybrid between Epimedium pinnatum colchicum and Epimedium alpinum with coppery orange flowers, it has been around for quite a while but remains an excellent garden plant.

 

Epimedium x youngianum #229 ex punnett    PRICE 1@ $12.00

A numbered selection Punnett brought in, it will probably get named eventually.

 

Epimedium x youngianum 'Kozakura' Daryl Cc.950194              $19.00

Another of the new youngianum clones this came from Daryl Probst, the pale pink downward facing bell-like flowers appear double from a distance

 

Epimedium x youngianum 'Merlin' PRICE 1@ $15.00

This originated as a seedling in the garden of Amy Doncaster in Hampshire with large dusky violet flowers that shade to white in the center giving an unusual two-tone effect and deciduous foliage emerges purplish red in spring.

 

Epimedium x youngianum niveum PRICE 1@ $12.00

A snow-white selection with abundant but rather small flowers and excellent orange scarlet fall color.

 

EPIMEDIUM X YOUNGIANUM ROSEUM PRICE 1@ $8.00

Flowers of a delicate lavender lilac, held well above the foliage, which changes from red in the spring to mint green in the summer.

 

Epimedium x youngianum 'Yenomoto' ... PRICE 1@ $19.00

A white flowered form with larger flowers than niveum notable for the very long inner sepals and spurs.

 

EPIPACTUS gigantea ........ PRICE 1@ $12.00

Native to the southwestern u.s. on sandstone, this will creep aggressively if happy, sending up scapes of fifteen or so greenish purplish red veined flowers on scapes that can reach 90cm although usually less.

 

Epipactus palustrus..... PRICE 1@ $12.00

These came to us several years ago from Tony Reznicek, a European species to about 50cm tall, flowers purplish green with red veins and yellow dots, as you would guess from the name it inhabits marshes and fens.

 

Erigeron 'Chameleon'...... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A nearly ever-blooming hybrid from David Hale, probably a seedling of Grand Ridge, yellow buds open to soft yellow flowers which age to white and then to pink, even I like it and I’m not much of a daisy fan.

 

Erigeron compositus v discolor PRICE 1@ $6.50

I am wondering if this should not be Erigeron compositus v discoideus, a microform with once ternate leaves which is also known as erigeron trifidus, whatever, it is more than cute enough for a spot in our garden.

 

Erigeron filiferus ............ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Rather like elegantulus with lavender to blue daises on stems to 30cm. above tufts of narrow gray bristly foliage.

 

Erigeron glaucus .............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tufted, forming low mounds this California native has large pale violet to lavender flowers and is an excellent garden plant.

 

Erigeron nanus..................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A great basin endemic that Bradshaw found on exposed sw facing winds wept slopes at 9200’ in cassia co ID. Tufts of linear hairy leaves topped by deep lavender blue daises, we think its one of the best.

 

Erigeron peregrinus ssp callianthemus     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Bradshaw collected these from a high alpine population at 12,100’ in Chaffee co CO. the deep purple daises have wide aster like ray florets.

 

Erigeron scopulorum (scopulinus) PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the better silvery westerners, Fred Case gave us this one, he got it from Sonja Collins, generally I'm not too taken with the genus, I liked this enough to beg a piece; nice mats and very permanent.

 

Erigeron species ex Nepal PRICE 1@ $6.50

No idea what it is I will attempt to key it when it flowers next year.

 

Erigeron speciosus Azure Fairy PRICE 1@ $6.50

Azure blue Fleabane daisies, this has stood the test of time, a great free blooming border perennial that is probably useless against fleas.

 

Erigeron uncialis .............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

One of the smallest species and I think one of the best, these are from an Alplains collection in Nevada at 10,300’ tiny tufts of foliage topped with large white flowers.

 

ERINACAEA anthyllis (PUNGENS) PRICE 1@ $8.00

An essentially monotypic genus of legumes, (they elevated a sub species to specific rank); no matter, this is a rare and choice spiny legume native to Spain and Morocco forming foot high mounds of spiny green stems that have few leaves most of the year. The axillary clusters of two or three violet blue pea flowers emerge from their inflated calyces in early summer; hardy and long lived in a well-drained sunny site, this ranks among the best rock plants.

 

Erinus sp ex Sierra CANTABRICA PRICE 1@ $6.50

 A very dwarf plant that Mojmir found on limestone at 1800m in Spain, he considers it very good (his English is a bit devoid of superlatives). Cushions are a mere 2-5cm tall, it was not seen in flower but presumably they are the typical pinkish erinus flowers.

 

Eriogonum kennedyi ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A loose Kennedy what a surprise, there are so many ways to go with this, but they probably have an army of lawyers.

 

Eriogonum kennedyi alpigenum Ratko 95-239   PRICE 1@ $6.50

Hard silvery mats with a bluish cast, made up of tiny, tiny rosettes of elliptical leaves, the stemless red and white flower heads age to a deep mahogany. An outstanding plant from the San Gabriel Mtns at 9,350' that has proven to be cold hardy here.

 

Eriogonum thymoides ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Bradshaw’s collections from the scablands of central Washington, flower color in this population ranges from cream to chrome yellow to acid red above gnarly twisted needle leaved shrublets, it’s outstanding and reasonably growable.

 

Erodium chamaedryoides roseum 'Charm'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Charming it is, we completely sold out of this dwarf last season, small enough for a trough, with diminutive pink geranium like flowers, borderline hardy at best, but well worth the trouble of bringing in a plant or taking a few cuttings in fall.

 

Erodium chamaedryoides roseum 'Fl. Pl.'      PRICE 1@ $6.50

Just like the above, but double, double flowers, double cute.

 

Erodium cheilanthifolium PRICE 1@ $8.00

Low tufts of dissected foliage and sprays of pink flowers with prominent veining, a Spanish species often confused in gardens with trichamonifolium.

 

Erodium chrysanthum ... PRICE 1@ $8.00

A dioecious species, this is a female form, with sulfur yellow flowers with faint reddish veining and purple pistils, males forms, which flower less freely, produce pale yellow to near white unveined flowers with pink anthers, it is a beautiful plant from the stony areas of Greece and quite slow to multiply.

 

Erodium cicutarium .......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

A small pink flowered fairly widespread perennial species with green dissected foliage that varies considerably across it’s range, Mojmir found these in alpine meadows at 1900m near Sierra de Gredos (wasn’t he a bounty hunter in Star Wars?) in Spain.

 

Erodium glandulosum roseum PRICE 1@ $8.00

Conspecific with Erodium petraeum glandulosum according to the AGS, petraeum is now the lumping place for 15 or so of the finest Erodiums, I won’t even attempt to make sense of the mess they created, if you know the plant you will buy it, if not trust me its nice.

 

Erodium manescavii .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A large showy species from the Pyrenees this is very permanent for us, having persisted for years in our rock garden, is sows about moderately but has never been a weed with large magenta flowers for months we think it is one of the best large Erodiums.

 

Erodium pelergonifolium PRICE 1@ $12.00

Woody based white flowered species from Anatolia, 30cm or so tall.

 

Erodium reichardii (chamaedryoides) PRICE 1@ $6.50

I understand E. reichardii is now considered conspecific with E. chamaedryoides, however the plants as we grow them seem quite distinct, reichardii is larger and a bit coarser with larger white flowers intricately veined and suffused at the base with purple.

 

Eryngium

Eryngium is a trendy genus in the last few years and justifiably so, wonderful bold accent plants, taprooted and very drought tolerant. They resent transplanting once established, and seed can be a challenge to germinate, although plants of most species present no problems. If you can't make up your mind which one to grow, do what we do. -- Grow ‘em all.

 

Eryngium alpinum Blue Star PRICE 1@ $6.50

The classic metallic blue sea holly that you always see pictured, blue star is near the high water mark for the genus, seed germinates even more erratically than most and plants are always in short supply indeed this is the first time we have had a decent batch in many years.

 

Eryngium amethystinum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Native to dry stony places in southern Europe amethystinum features heads of amethyst flowers surrounded by starry ghostly silvery purple bracts, it is one of the showier species and extremely drought tolerant.

 

Eryngium campastre ....... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A glaucous perennial to 60cm tall it’s native to Europe and s.W. Asia with the typical heads of flowers surrounded by bluish white spiny bracts up to 4.5cm long.

 

Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost'       PRICE 1@ $6.50

the famous miss Willmott’s ghost, a tall species with wide ghostly silver bracts. a spectacular plant that looks a little menacing (actually so did old Willmott), it is usually monocarpic but self sows well. dry stored seed is much more difficult; the easiest way to establish it is to start with plants. dry stored seed takes a long time to germinate coming up where the old crone scattered it in other people’s gardens, well after her passing.

 

Eryngium maritimum .......  PRICE 1@ $8.00

The prototype sea holly, a costal plant with attractive glaucous blue stiff and spiny foliage and ghostly white giganteum like bracts. It is one of the most beautiful in the genus but notoriously finicky when it comes to germinating in numbers,

 

Eryngium pandanifolium PRICE 1@ $8.00

Also known as decaisneanum it is widespread in South America preferring marshes and wet fields, basal rosettes of sword like leaves up to 2.5m long give rise to a branching scape to 4 meters high studded with numerous reddish purple flower heads. There is an excellent photo in Rix however it lacks scale. This thing gets huge and is hardy to –10C according to Rix.

 

Eryngium proteiflorum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Another spectacular new Sea Holly with flowers that do indeed look like a metallic silvery Protea, hardiness is untested but I suspect it is on the tender side here, on the other hand I thought that of agavifolium and it wintered just fine.

 

Eryngium variifolium ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

An attractive dwarf species from the mountains of Morocco with conspicuously white veined basal foliage that remains evergreen in all but the most severe winters, globular gray-blue flowerheads on 40cm stems are surrounded by spiny white bracts.

 

Eryngium venustum......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Fantastic rosettes fishbone skeleton foliage topped by silvery spiny flowers on 40 cm stems venustum is unlike anything else in the genus

 

Eryngium x tripartitum PRICE 1@ $5.50

Long cultivated this hybrid is of unknown parentage, metallic blue spiny flowers atop 120cm stems.

 

Erysimum capitatum Variegatum PRICE 1@ $6.50

This is an outstanding variegated wallflower, we've had it for several years now but it is such a popular seller here at the nursery that it is always in short supply.

 

Eunomia oppositifolia (aethionema)     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Round glaucous gray leaves form a dense mat smothered in pink flowers in early spring, this Turkish candytuft is represented by a number of cultivated forms, our selection from Punnett is as good as it gets. A first rate plant, easy enough for beginners.

 

Eupatorium ' Jocius Variegated' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A spotty streak irregular variegated form, it is a bit big and coarse for my taste but great if you are landscaping in golf course scale.

 

Eupatorium atropurpurea 'Gateway' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Huge bushel basket sized heads of lavender pink flowers atop wine colored 7’ stems; this needs a wet spot to achieve maximum size.

 

Eupatorium cannabinum PRICE 1@ $6.50

A widespread thing ranging from North Africa to Siberia, typical clusters of pink flowers and foliage that resembles cannabis, to enhance the effect we suggest interplanting it with Rubus lineatus and Vitex agnus castus.

 

Eupatorium coelistinum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Heads of fluffy sky blue flowers, I’m surprised that no one has hybridized this with a white atropurpureum

 

Eupatorium fistulosum atropurpureum 'Glow'             PRICE 1@ $6.50

The taxonomy these things is making me crazy this is another huge plant that resembles ‘Gateway’; I have retained the names I acquired them under. 6’ reddish stems pinkish purple flowers this is a fairly good nectar plant for butterflies.

 

Eupatorium maculatum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Our native Joe Pye weed 2m high stems topped with clusters of rose purple flowers, an outstanding wet meadow plant.

 

Eupatorium purpureum PRICE 1@ $8.00

this thing is huge reaching 3m in height, leaves are vanilla scented when bruised and flowers are typical for the genus.

 

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Fantastic 3-4’ clumps of chocolate colored foliage topped in August and September by fluffy corymbs of small white flowers, for what it is worth this has been reclassified as Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate' indeed it does look a bit like some mutant ageratum.

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides RUBRA PRICE 1@ $8.00

A tall showy red leafed selection, the lime green heads on 2' stems form an eye-catching contrast to the red foliage, one of the showiest Euphorbias.

 

Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' PRICE 1@ $8.00

An excellent Euphorbia for foliage effect, 'Chameleon' has unusual purple foliage that greens out in the more shaded interior of the mound for a unique two-tone effect; stems are topped with the typical greenish yellow Euphorbia flowers which really stand out against the purple foliage. It does run by underground stolons but is relatively well behaved at least by Euphorbia standards.

 

Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter' PRICE 1@ $12.00

A Christopher Lloyd selection foliage emerges bronze in spring topped with intense orange bracted flowers on stems that can reach 4’, a spectacular plant it has been well behaved even slow for us, definitely not a weed here.

 

Euphorbia griffithii 'Fern Cottage' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Colorful stems with red margined foliage and the typical orange flowers, its more compact than Dixter.

 

Euphorbia griffithii 'Firecharm' PRICE 1@ $12.00

Rich bronze foliage in spring and good orange flowers it grows to about half the height of Dixter, but is otherwise quite similar.

 

Euphorbia polychroma . PRICE 1@ $6.50

Big mounds covered with yellow flowers in spring, it is very show and not too weedy. Unlike the variegated forms this is a good performer in the garden.

 

Euphorbia wallichii ....... PRICE 1@ $12.00

Native to the western and central Himal, it forms 50cm mounds of glabrous dark green foliage often edged in purple with a prominent white midvein and topped by greenish yellow euphorbia flowers.