Exacum affine is grown either as an outdoor annual or indoor potted plant. It is a small bushy plant with small oval leaves, and fragrant blue or white star-shaped flowers. Requires moist, rich soil, part to full shade. Does not […]
Exacum affine ( Blue Gem Persian Violet )
Blue Gem is grown either as a short lived evergreen perennial or outdoor annual, or indoor potted plant. It grows 8 inches tall, and is a bushy plant with small oval leaves, and saucer-shaped, fragrant, lavender-blue flowers, with yellow stamens. […]
Eustachys petraea ( Rock Fingergrass )
Flat light-green to bluegreen blades on tufted annual. Smooth, keeled leaf sheahts. Seedhead has two to ten spreading branches. Dark brown seeds appear on lower side of branches. Grows all over Southeastern United States and as far west as Texas. […]
Eurya ( Eurya )
Evergreen tree or shrub with large, ovate to obovate, mid to dark green leaves and dioecious flowers that bloom in the spring. Use in a shrub border or woodland garden. Gorw in moist, well-drained soil, in full sun or partial […]
Euphorbia pulcherrima ( Mexican Flame Leaf )
Popular Christmas plant, becomes leggy with time. Small yellow flowers surrounded by large, showy, distinctive bracts. Most poinsettia bracts are red but there are also white, pink and speckled varieties as well. The plants can be kept alive year-round, but […]
Euphorbia pulcherrima ( Flaming Sphere Poinsettia )
Popular Christmas plant, becomes leggy with time. Flaming Sphere has impressive double forming, red bracts with small yellow flowers in the center. The plants can be kept alive year-round, but for the best show, discard and buy new ones every […]
Euphorbia amygdaloides ( Purpurea Wood Spurge )
This upright plant has leafy purple stems with chartreuse flowers that bloom from midspring to early summer in terminal cymes. Remove stems immediately after flowering to encourage basal growth. Grow where soil is moist and humus rich in light or […]
Eupatorium capillifolium ( Dogfennel )
Tall perennial weed with several dense, hairy stems from a woody crown. Leaves cut into linear segments. Strong aroma from leaves when crushed. Weed common to the southeastern United States.
Euonymus kiautschovicus ( Spreading Euonymus )
Euonymus kiautschovicus is a semi-evergreen, depending on climate. It is a rounded shrub reaching 10 feet. In summer the foliage is a good dark green, but winter tends to fade and burn the leaves, resulting in a bedraggled look. The […]
Euonymus kiautschovicus ( Du Pont Euonymus )
Du Pont is a semi-evergreen, depending on climate. It is a compact, dense, rounded shrub reaching 10 feet. This variety is fast growing and does well as a hedge, screen, or sheared as a formal plant. In summer the foliage […]