81616 EOMECON CHIONANTHA PAP HT $ 3.75 "Snow Poppy" from E. China; spreading rhiz support cordate foot tall leaves over which four-petaled white flowers appear in the spring. This East Chinese shade loving "Dawn Poppy" has the same red-orange sap of its cousin, our native "Bloodroot."

81101 EPIMEDIUM PERRALDERANUM FROHNLEITEN BER HT $ 8.00 Orange-bronze flowers quite showy for such a small size. Algerian parent with spiny-toothed leaves (only once ternate, unlike pinnatum) which retain very beautiful tones most winters, given high shade and no windburn, in our climate. Heinz Klose's hybrid with pinnatum ssp. colchicum. Evergreen "Fairy Wings" slowly spreading to form a low carpet.

83145 EPIMEDIUM VERSICOLOR NEOSULPHUREUM [HYB] BER HT $ 10.00 Emerging evergreen foliage is bronzy; pale yellow flowers held well above the foliage. 'Sulphureum' has somewhat doubled yellow "Barberry like" downturned blossoms.

41589 EQUISETUM ARVENSE EQU HT $ 5.00 "Skirted Horsetail" Clumps of foot tall hollow stems with each joint sprouting a whorl of elegant weeping stemlets; deciduous herb hardy in Z6 outside, spreading in sandy sun drenched locations. After a marvelous spring display, starts to disappear in the summer heat, often dormant/deciduous during all of late summer. An interesting native with a medicinal reputation, quite fabulous as emerges in the early spring; but due to early summer dormancy this native is more a botanical than horticultural wonder; never happy containerized.

40246 EQUISETUM DIFFUSUM EQU HP CGH AQ $ 8.75 "Tropical Horsetail" Soft gray green central stems form a tiny bamboo-like thicket: each central stem, with delicately nodding tip, is ringed with skirts of lateral stemlets to create intricate patterns; marvelous pot plant. Will survive some winters in our zone if the ground barely freezes, but best grown as a cool greenhouse subject.

40247 EQUISETUM HYEMALE EQU HP HH $ 4.00 "Horsetail" Clumps of grooved green reed-like maroon-ringed stems bear conelike sporing structures at tips; high silica content makes them "Scouring Rushes" for pots. Their extreme vertical aspect makes them a decorative must for shallow pool/bog designs; while their primitive aspect makes them a favorite in very contemporary garden designs--especially as is quite evergreen, persisting all winter if not exposed to excessive windtunnel conditions.

70179 EUONYMUS JAPONICA MICROPHYLLA KEN'S FLAME CEL HH HP $ 6.00 Clusters of erect very small statured stems ranked with small leathery leaves, each with a bright ochre central flame. Selected here at Glasshouse Works; but not reliably winter hardy here.

< 81827 EUPATORIUM AROMATICUM JOCIUS' VARIEGATE COMP HT $ 6.50 New "Smaller White Snakeroot" selection of John Jocius with leaves brilliantly frosted creamy white, a perfect combination with the flat-topped clusters (like "Boneset") of fuzzy white Ageratum-like blossoms; neither aromatic nor toxic; customers have claimed to observe over six species of butterflies visiting this at the same time. We introduced this for John some years ago and are delighted at its current popularity in northwestern and mid-atlantic gardens & nurseries. Maybe someday even more of John's fellow Chicago growers will embrace it!

88554 EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM CHOCOLATE COMP HT $ 5.25 Shiney 3' purple stems cloaked with chocolate-purple foliage dramatically highlighting the bright white fall flower clusters. Excellent "Snakeroot" selection which likes moist feet, yet will perform well in normal perennial border conditions.

67780 EUPHORBIA CYPARISSUS FEN'S RUBY EUP HT $ 6.00 The pale green plumy needleleaved species is commonly found invading sunny herb gardens with rocky soil; this cultivar emerges with very bright purple red foliage, fading to dusky coppery green; tipped with clusters of ochre flowers fading to orange oatmeal tones. Lends a soft violet hued feathery effect to a too sunny, too rocky, baked clay problem area with great grace. A fascinating contrast groundcover for a set of Yucca.

80423 FARGESIA NITIDA NYMPHENBURG CLONE GRA $ 90.00 "China's "Elegant Fountain Bamboo" with clumping closely packed canes--not a running habit. These are well established clumps--best to check current availability before ordering as this is a plant in high demand. Never becomes very tall for us, but, on the other hand, it does tightly clump rather than ramp and run--another example of our imperfect world . . .

40272 FICUS CARICA VARIEGATA MOR HH CGH $ 15.00 "Edible Fig" The traditional Japanese subtropical clone with striped stems and emerging slightly mottled leaves characteeristically hardening a solid green: if you expect any bold variegation, do NOT order this one. Used in Asia a laxative and even as wart remover. The regular easily found more reliably winter hardy cultivars such as "Brown Turkey" are typically stocked at the nursery only, unless starters mysteriously appear on our HARDY SPECIALITY LIST.

81124 FILIPENDULA ULMARIA AUREA ROS HT $ 8.75 "Golden Meadowsweet" Golden yellow divided foliage. Foliage stays gold in full sun if the roots are ALWAYS WET; if they dry out all foliage becomes marked brown; so best to plant in high shade.

71233 FORSYTHIA FIESTA OLE HT $ 5.75 Each thick leaf flaunts a rich golden flame-patterned center so that the heavily folaged arching stems appear to be in bloom all summer, long after the early major show of thickly clustered acid yellow blossoms. Maintaining a rounded compact outline, this excellent shrub is lacking the open, somewhat irregular outline of most Forsythias. This distinctively compact heavily foliaged habit with attractive variegation insures the continuing popularity of this high performance hybrid.

70188 FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA SPRING GLORY VARIEGATA OLE $ 6.25 Random yellow to creamy lime variegation on foliage; hybrid of F. suspensa x viridissima with profuse large yellow flowers, thus called "Variegated Golden Bells." Can reach 10 feet. Very vigorous; but because of somewhat irregular outline, is seldom available in the nursery trade.

70774 FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA TREMONII [HYB] OLE HT $ 8.00 Beautiful deep green leaves elaborately serrated to resemble flames, on stems reaching 10' covered with unique pastel yellow blossoms early spring if has not already put on its big display early December (in our climate). Distinctive lacy appearing foliage adds texture to any shrub grouping.

81721 GERANIUM DALMATICUM X MACRORHIZUM BIOKOVO GER HT $ 4.25 Deeply scalloped tidy leaves with sheen, red toned in fall; clear bright pink flowers with lilac blush. Cantabrigiense does indicate dalmaticum x macrorrhizum parentage--a guarentee to flourish in most garden conditions. Woody much-branched stems, thus excellent rockery or trough plant as well--tolerant of severe exposure, yet always charming and pert.

71338 GINKGO BILOBA GIN HT $ 4.25 Unsexed seedlings of the reliable "Maidenhair Tree" Notched fishtail leaves now munched to maintain memory--although with mixed results. Good initial bonsai subject for the novice as is far more forgiving of a few hours of neglect than a Maple. Popular as a city street tree because it can tolerate major air pollution.

80010 GLECOMA HEDERACEA VARIEGATA LAB HH CGH $ 3.75 "Gill-Over-the-Ground" Small creeping mint with fuzzy kidney shaped leaves & tiny flowers; this clone of "Ground Ivy" / "Alehoof has bright white margins on each leaf. Can be invasive; do NOT allow reversions to proliferate. Also popular in hanging baskets and windowboxes for its dramatic cascading abilities.