Plant list E
Echinacea purpurea
Not exactly tropical but a late season flowering,
largely self supporting plant. Popular with beneficial
insects. Works well with
more spiky elements in the garden.
Echinocactus
grusonii
An amusing barrel cactus for the container garden.
Easy from seed.
Echium pininiana
Typically biannual, this strange plant is probably
more useful in creating an exotic feel in its first season.
Worth having.
Ensete
ventricosum
A cool tropical garden without a large one of these
just isn't the same.
Eriobotrya
japonica
I rather like this plant. Evergreen
tropical-looking tree or shrub. Easily grown from supermarket
fruit (Loquat)
Eryngium
agavifolium
Not quite as drought tolerant as its appearance
suggests. A spiky plant easily grown from seed, let down by
its flowers.
Eschscholitzia
californica
Experimented with this when searching for continuous
flowering plants. Better suited to a Mediterranean feel than
tropical.
Euphorbia mellifera
Often touted as a suitable plant for tropical feel gardens. Not very tropical in appearance but quite an attractive plant. Easy from seed, looks a little weedy when grown in a pot.
Euphorbia mellifera
Often touted as a suitable plant for tropical feel gardens. Not very tropical in appearance but quite an attractive plant. Easy from seed, looks a little weedy when grown in a pot.
E is for Eriobotrya japonica
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