Plants A-Z

Echinocereus englemannii

Hedgehog Cactus

Clumps 1–2 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide, with 3–4-in.-thick stems. Lavender to deep purplish red flowers 2–...

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Claret Cup Cactus

Grows in clumps up to 1 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide, with hundreds of spiny, 2- to 3-in. diameter stems. Oran...

Echinops ritro

Globe Thistle

From Asia. Well-behaved, decorative thistle relative for the perennial border. Rugged-looking, erect, ...

Echinopsis chamaecereus

Peanut Cactus

Grows to 4 in. high, 1 to 2 ft. wide. The cylindrical, ribbed, 2 to 3-in. joints fall off easily and r...

Echium candicans

Pride Of Madeira

From Madeira, as its common name indicates. Large, picturesque plant to 5–6 ft. tall, 6–10...

Echium vulgare

Biennial grown as annual. European native blooms first year if sown between early fall and earliest sp...

Echium wildpretii

Tower of Jewels

Striking oddity fromthe Canary Islands spends itsfirst year as an attractive, roundish mass of long, n...

Edgeworthia chrysantha

Paper Bush

A daphne relative from China grown in Asia for its bark, which is used in the manufacture of fancy pap...

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Russian Olive

Native from Europe to Asia. To 20 ft. high and wide, but can be clipped to make a medium-height hedge....

Elaeagnus commutata

Silverberry

Native to Alaska, Rocky Mountains, northern plains of U.S. and Canada. Grows upright to 12 ft. tall, 6...

Elaeagnus pungens

Silverberry

Native to China, Japan. Has rather rigid, sprawling, angular habit of growth to 10 to 15 ft. high and ...

Elaeagnus x ebbingei

More upright (to 10–12 ft. high and wide) than Eleagnus pungens, with thornless branche...