Botanical

Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Echinacea purpurea

Cone-flower

4

■

2 1/2

Red-purple

Aug. & Oct.

A bushy showy plant with flowers sometimes 4 inches across. Center of flowers dark, drooping petals. A very free-flowering perennial. A.G.I.

Echinops Ritro

Globe Thistle

4

3

Light blue

July & Aug.

Coarse plants of vigorous growth. Good among shrubs or in wild-garden. A.G.

Elaeagnus argentea

Oleaster

1

8

Yellow

May & June

S. Flowers fragrant; leaves silvery. Fruit bright red, showy. A pretty shrub. A. D.G.

Elaeagnus longipes

Japanese Oleaster

1

6

Light yellow

April & May

S. Fruit about 3/4 of an inch long, bright red; edible. Silvery foliage and fragrant flowers. A shrub of much value. A. D. G.

Elymus glaucus

Blue Lyme-grass

4

3 1/2

A hardy ornamental grass with glaucous leaves. Very effective in clumps with shrubs; good for planting in sandy spots. A. H.

Empetrum nigrum

Crowberry

2

6 in.

Pink

June

Trailing, somewhat resembling the heath. Excellent for covering ground under Rhododendrons or Azaleas, also good for the rock-garden. A.E. F.

Epigaea repens

Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus

2

4 in.

Pink

April & May

A well-known native spring-flowering plant, with highly fragrant flowers in clusters. Difficult to establish unless pot-grown plants are procured. Good for the rockery or wild-garden, also when naturalized under trees. A. E. F.

Epimedium macran-thum

Barren-wort

4

1

White

April & May

A compact, dwarf plant with pretty flowers in panicles. Prefers a partially shady position. A. F. I.

Epimedium alpinum var. rubrum

4

9 in.

Red

May & June

Good for the rock-garden. New leaves tinted with purple. Flowers showy, abundant. A. G.

Epimedium musschia-num

4

1

Cream-white

May

Foliage leathery, turning blue in autumn. Flowers good, showy. Excellent under shrubs or in the rock-garden. A. G.

Eremurus robustus

4

6

Pink

June & July

Dense spikes of large star-shaped flowers. Leaves resemble those of the Poker-plant: Only well established plants will produce flowers. Requires heavy protection in winter. Good for grouping in background of hardy border. B. C. H.

Erica

See Calluna

Erigeron aurantiacus

Flea-bane

4

1

Orange

July & Aug.

Somewhat resembling hardy asters in growth. Very free-flowering. A,G.I.