For a tough plant that will offer a long period of brightly-colored, large yellow flowers, the Euryops chrysanthemoides or African bush daisy is an excellent choice.  Being a perennial, it will come back year after year, and will survive in places where nothing else will! History The African bush daisy has been reclassified by botanists … Read more

Bird’s nest spruce (Picea abies nidiformis) is a cultivar of the Norway spruce. This species of dwarf evergreen is a conifer that is native to Europe. It is a plant commonly grown to provide evergreen ground cover.  This perennial is useful in gardens as it is slow-growing, evergreen and dwarf in height. History Norway spruce … Read more

The dwarf palmetto is a small species of palm that grows in both heights and spread to about 6 feet (1.83 m). Native to the southern parts of North America and Mexico, this is an evergreen plant with very large palmate leaves.  The dwarf palmetto is a slow growing perennial that produces small, creamy-white, fragrant … Read more

Dombeya is a large genus of flowering shrubs with about 200 recognized species. Dombeya, also known as the tropical hydrangea or the pink ball tree, is native to India, East Africa, and Madagascar.  In addition to the named species, there are also several dombeya hybrids. The dombeya can be grown as a shrub or a … Read more

This short-lived perennial is a small, flowering shrub that is popular in gardens due to its toughness and low maintenance requirements. Leucophyta brownii is the only species in the Leucophyta genus. The shrub is endemic to Australia. Commonly known as a cushion bush due to its mounded, dome shape, it is often grown as a … Read more

Emu bush, or tar bush, is a member of the figwort family with recognized species. Native to all Australian states, the Eremophila glabra can either grow as low ground-cover or as an upright shrub.  Flowers can be of different colors, including red, yellow, and orange. Over 20 subspecies are commercially available.  There are many more … Read more

Elaeagnus or eleagnus, is a genus of over 50 recognized species of flowering, ornamental shrubs. This plant commonly grows in gardens in the Northern Hemisphere, in America, and in Asia. These perennial shrubs, also known as the silverberry, are grown as ornamental trees to create a windbreak or hedge. There are both deciduous and evergreen … Read more

Esperanza is a multi-stemmed plant that can be grown as a perennial in warmer regions, or as an annual elsewhere. If grown as a perennial, and during mild winters, the esperanza is an evergreen plant.  Esperanza is very popular as a garden bush in Texas, and it has many common names such as yellow trumpet, … Read more

The Escallonia genus includes around 50 recognized species of both shrubs and trees. Native to both North and South America, most of the species, as well as their numerous cultivars and hybrids, are evergreen plants.  These perennials are often grown in gardens, for use as a screen or hedging shrub.  History Escallonia grows wild and … Read more

Eugenia is a very large genus of evergreen, flowering shrubs with over a thousand recognized species. Native to South America, the most commonly grown eugenia species, Eugenia uniflora is often used to create privacy screens and garden hedges. This perennial, a member of the myrtle family, is distributed widely in both the Tropics and sub-Tropics, … Read more