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Eriophyllum lanatum is a BC native that bears charming, fern-like, grey foliage topped with loads of yellow, daisy-like flowers.
Blue flower heads of the ultra-compact Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit' are surrounded by large frilled blue bracts.
Eryngium 'Jade Frost' has gorgeous variegated green and white foliage blushed with pink in spring and then topped with true blue thistle-like thimbles in summer.
Eryngium 'Neptune's Gold' is the first sea holly with totally gold leaves. It has classic blue thimbles and bracts that are blue and gold.
Erysimum Erysistible 'Bronze Rose' is a zone 5 wallflower with orange, peach, and lavender pink flowers.
Erysimum 'Bowles Me Away' has elegant grey-green mounds and lilac-purple flowers blooming almost continuously through the season.
Erysimum linifolium Sunstrong Orange has bright orange, fragrant flowers from March to July and into fall.
Erythronium revolutum has beautiful mottled foliage topped with pink, lily-like flowers in spring.
Eucomis 'Aloha Leia' is a coconut-scented pineapple lily with bold foliage and purple spikes that look like pineapples.
Eucomis Crowning Glory 'Purple Reign' is a pineapple lily with bold purple foliage and purple-pink flower spikes.
Eucomis 'Safari Adventure' is a pineapple lily with dramatic olive-green foliage followed by cream to rosy-purple spikes.
Joe-pye weed has lovely, long-lasting, pink, flat-topped heads of pink flowers. Eupatorium 'Little Joe' has a short stature. Great for butterflies.
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group is an outstanding, long-flowering, late-bloomer native to the eastern US.
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' is a Joe-Pye weed with late-blooming, large, mauve-pink flowers.
Eupatorium maculatum 'Snowball' is a Joe-Pye weed with creamy white flowers and an upright habit. Great for butterflies and bees.
Eupatorium maculatum 'Summer Snow' is a Joe-Pye weed with fragrant creamy white flowers popular with bees and butterflies.
Eupatorium purpureum 'Euphoria Ruby' is a smaller, compact version of the usual Joe-Pye Weed varieties with long-blooming pink flowers.
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' is topped with clusters of creamy white, button-like flowers that sparkle against the dark bronze foliage in late summer and fall.
Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire' is a special fiery form of the pencil plant with the upper stems sporting shades of orange and red.
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' is a tall herbaceous perennial with cloud-like clusters of small, fragrant pink flowers.
Filipendula 'Kahome' is a dwarf meadowsweet with panicles of tiny, fragrant, rosy-pink flowers.
'Red Umbrellas' is a hybrid Filipendula with maple-like, olive green leaves with heavy red veining and umbels of pink flowers.
The beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is a BC native found along the Pacific coast of both North and South America.
Fragaria virginiana, known as wild or Virginia strawberry, offers small, sweet, red, edible strawberry fruits.
Fragaria Eversweet has good disease resistance and great flavoured strawberries.