Elymus villosus (Silky Wild Rye)
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A common grass of deciduous woodlands.
Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)
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Virginia Wild Rye is a short-lived perennial.
Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed)
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Fireweed has willow-like leaves and red stems like other plants in its genus but its stunning magenta blossoms make it unique. It can be a vibrant addition to sunny, moist sites but it spreads aggressively by rhizomes so care is needed in small landscape plantings.
Epilobium coloratum (Cinnamon Willow Herb)
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Epilobium glandulosum (Northern Willow Herb)
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Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love Grass)
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NEW in Potted Plants! The seedheads (or florets) of Purple Love Grass bloom mid-summer in shades of light to bright purple, giving an overall purple haze to the landscape. This tough ornamental grass is an absolutely stunning addition to any drier landscape.
Eragrostis trichodes (Sand Love Grass)
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Eriophorum virginicum (Tawny Cotton Grass)
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New! Tawny Cotton Grass needs acidic soils.
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
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Rattlesnake Master matures to a height of 4' and has white, attractive "bristly" flowers. The latin name, Eryngium yuccifolium, comes from the fact that the
leaves look very much like a Yucca plant.
Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily)
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Trout Lily has tulip-like green leaves with silvery-maroon mottled markings. The plants will spread slowly to form colonies, but can take many years to flower. A single, very attractive flower will bloom for just a few days on mature plants early in the spring.
Eupatorium altissimum (Tall Boneset)
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A rugged, hairy plant of dry-mesic prairies and savannas, Tall Boneset features flattish clusters of white tubular blossoms from late summer through fall. It could easily be confused with False Boneset (Kuhnia eupatorioides) also of upland prairies blooming at the same time.
Eupatorium coelestinum (Mistflower)
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New in Potted Plants! Resembling a lovely blue-purple fog when found in dense stands, the disk flowers of Eupatorium coelestinum form in clusters of 35-70 at the tops of stems in late summer and autumn.
Eupatorium maculatum (Joe Pye Weed)
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Also called Spotted Joe Pye Weed, its dusty rose-colored flowers will bloom for many weeks in July
and August, becoming absolute magnets for dozens of species of
butterflies. If you love Joe Pye but have too much shade, try Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum).
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)
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Eupatorium purpureum (Sweet Joe Pye Weed)
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Not many Woodland flowering plants can reach heights of 7'. Plant Sweet Joe Pye Weed in moist, well-drained, rich garden soil in partial to full shade with Tall Bellflower and Wild Golden Glow for a stunning tall savanna or woodland garden.
Eupatorium rugosum (White Snakeroot)
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Common to woodland edges, Eupatorium rugosum reaches 2-4' in height on strong, branching stems. In late summer to fall, pure white flowers appear in flat-topped, branching clusters.
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Boneset)
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Eupatorium serotinum is closely related to Tall Boneset but has several distinguishing characteristics. It tends to grow taller (5' or more), has long-stemmed, coarse-toothed leaves with a single prominent vein running their lengths and the flower heads are denser, with 12-15 blossoms.
Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)
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Flowering Spurge is sometimes is called native Baby's Breath because of its resemblance to that horticultural variety. For about six weeks in mid- to late summer, plants are bowed by numerous blossoms. A toxic white latex in the leaves and stems keeps deer and other mammals away.
Festuca obtusa (Nodding Fescue)
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Festuca paradoxa (Clustered Fescue)
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Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie)
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Queen of the Prairie is known for its beautiful spray-like clusters of pink flowers that make it a stand out and give it its regal name.
Frasera caroliniensis (American Columbo)
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Froelichia floridana (Cottonweed)
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Cottonweed is an annual; it completes its life cycle during one season but will re-seed.
It requires sandy soils.
It requires sandy soils.
Galium concinnum (Shining Bedstraw)
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Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)
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Biennial Gaura establishes in a prairie planting early, giving the area much-deserved early color in year two and blooming in the somewhat dreary month of September.
Gaura coccinea (Scarlet Gaura)
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Gaura longiflora (Large-flowered Gaura)
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