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Saccharum (Erianthus) ravennae Raven Grass
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We
have so-o-o-o many Salvias, they have their own page!
Salvias
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Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Zone: 3-9
 
Choice woodland plant with large 7" scalloped blue-green leaves and 2" white flowers. The leaves embrace the flower stem as they emerge. A welcome sight when you're looking for spring. Dry soil will make the plant go dormant early.
Soil: Humus rich, moist but well-drained
H: 10-12" W: 12" B/M: White/3-4 Native
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Sanicula caerulescens
Blue Sanicle Zone: 5-9
Unique
blue, brush-like flowers stand over the divided bronze-green foliage on a
new plant to the trade from Sichuan, China. This is a distant cousin to
Cryptotaenia. This woodland gem has a compact habit and can bloom for
MONTHS. Great in containers and in the border. Found growing between
Corydalis in the Panda preserve. Absolutely delightful.
Soil:
Well-drained H: 4-6" W:
4-6" B/M: Blue/7-10
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Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Pretty
Carroll'
Lavender Cotton Zone: 6-8
 
Soil: Well-drained, alkaline H: W:
B/M: / 6-7
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Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Morning Mist' Lavender Cotton
Zone: 6-8
Compact grey-green finely-cut foliage. The best santolina. Does well even in compacted & wet conditions, unlike other lavender cottons. Will also take light shade. Strong pine scent. One of Pete's favorite plants. One customer planted his ENTIRE FRONT YARD in it! True!!
Soil: Most any, alkaline
H: 15" W: 12-18" B/M: Yellow/ 6-7
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Santolina virens Green Lavender Cotton
Zone: 6-8
It's the green lavender cotton! Delicate leaf structure belies the toughness of this plant. Great as an evergreen specimen, low hedge or as part of a perennial or herb grouping. All santolinas are underused. This is a foliage plant and, in some opinions, the yellow blooms, are better cut off. The plant maintains it's shape better.
Soil: Well-drained, alkaline H: 12" W: 18"
B/M: Pale yellow/ 6-7
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What you're saying ...
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"Plants arrived last week exactly when you said. They are healthy and gorgeous!
I planted them in Maine on Saturday morning. They were so happy, if you got close you could hear them humm...Maine was cool and wet and they took like plants that had been there forever.
Thanks." 5/28/03
Linda Brookline,
ME
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Saponaria lempergii 'Max
Frei' Soapwort, Max Frei Zone:
5-8
Showy masses of bright carmine pink 1" blooms literally cover the plant for a long period in midsummer. Handsome, oval, blue green foliage on a refined, compact plant. Try planting it in front of a Caryopteris or Veronica Sunny Border Blue.
WELL-BEHAVED, Excellent soapwort.
Soil: Well-drained H: 6-8" W:
20" B/M: Pink/ 6-7
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Saponaria ocymoides
Soapwort, Cote D'Azure Pink
Zone: 3-9
A much branched, delicate variety If not sheared, it will self-seed. Extremely cold hardy BUT that
does depend on well-drained soil.
Soil:
Well-drained H: 8-10"
W: 24-36"
B/M: Pink/5-6
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Saponaria officinalis
'Flore Plena' Double Flowered Soapwort or Bouncing Bet
Zone: 3-9
It's called Bouncing Bet, because it does bounce around via self seeding
and underground runners but gosh it's so pretty and looks so-o-o-o great
with other plants, that you should make some room for it! This is
really a beautiful, long blooming plant!
Soil: Well-drained H: 2" W: 10"
B/M: Pink/ 6-8 with deadheading
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Saponaria pamphylica Mat Soapwort Zone:
4
Blooms
much later than most 'Soapworts' and is very mat forming. Showy and
shapely pink flowers with deeply cleft petals in late summer on evergreen
blue-gray mat forming foliage. Use where it can show itself off,
i.e.. walls, rockeries, troughs, edges and as a groundcover. Tough and
attractive. From Turkey, I
believe. Very rare!
Soil:
Well drained H: 6-8" (12" IB)
W: B/M: Pink/7-8
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Saururus
cernuus Lizard's Tail
Zone: 3-9
While
it's typically thought of as a submerged plant, growing into small
colonies from underground runners but it also grows in moist spots and
drainage ditches so if you have a swampy spot in your yard, it's a
marvelous plant. Reaching 2 feet tall, it's topped with arching
bottlebrush spikes of white flowers, usually 6-8" long but can be
longer. The seeds are small nutlets that resemble a lizard's
tail. 3" long leaves can be either arrowhead-shaped or
heart-shaped and the leaf stalks form clasps where they join the
stem. Soil:
Moist to wet H: 24-36" W:
Indef. B/M: White/June
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Saxifraga cuneifolia
Shield Leaf Saxifrage
Zone: 5-7
This
Saxafrage must have sharply drained 1/2 tiny rocks in alkaline soil. The white you see on the leaves is lime being excreted, not variegation. Choice alpine; white flowers on 4-10" stems often have a yellow blotch & occasionally red spots. No baking PM sun!
Evergreen.
Soil:
Sharply drained, alkaline H: 1-2"
W" 10" B/M: White/5
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"WOW!
They arrived and I am very impressed.
Perfectly packed, perfect sizes and I can’t wait to get them in
the ground!
Thanks so very much!"
RAY,
Solebury, PA
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Saxifraga stolonifera
Strawberry Begonia Zone: 5-9
The
green form of Strawberry Begonia.
(BUT it's NOT a Begonia or a Strawberry!) Makes an unusual, not too
aggressive groundcover for Part shade that in May and June is covered with
spikes of small airy white flowers. Tolerates dry soils, but a
moist, well-drained site is better. Velvety, fuzzy textured leaves.
Soil: Moist but
well-drained H: 6" W: Indef.
B/M: White/May-June |
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Saxifraga stolonifera 'Harvest Moon'
Strawberry
Begonia Zone: 5-9
A beautiful form of the species above with brilliant
sulfur-yellow to harvest gold foliage with a red metallic sheen. Makes a
unique and unusual groundcover. In 5 years, expect a 3' wide
patch. In May and June, the gorgeous foliage is topped with a
fantastic show of 1' spikes composed of small airy white flowers. Tolerates
dry soils, but a moist, well-drained site is better. Easily one of the
dumbest common names -- neither a strawberry nor a Begonia. Go figure
Common Names!
Soil: Well-drained H:
6" W: Indef. B/M: White/5-6 |
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Saxifraga veitchiana
Rockfoil Zone: 5-8
Chinese native woodland groundcover. White occasionally pink flowers in mid-summer on 12"
stems. Adequate moisture. The "Red Carpet" groundcover for moist places--thick solid rounded leaves in profusion, each covered with showy red hair. Hardy in zone 6 with protection. Gorgeous when in bloom & not 'pushy' like Saxafraga stolonifera.
Soil: Moist but well-drained
H: 4-6" W: 18" B/M: White/6-7
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Saxifraga x urbium 'Aurea Punctata'
London Pride Description coming soon.
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
Blue Pincushion Flower
Zone: 4-7
Butterfly Blue and it's buddy, 'Pink Misty' have met the test
of time and are still blooming when all of the hot, new plants have 'taken a
powder'!
An exceptional performer, w/ lavender-blue blooms from Mid-summer to heavy frost. Neat, compact. Neutral to slightly alkaline soil. Divide & replace soil every 3 years. Deadhead.
Soil: Well-drained
H: 16" W: 16"
B/M: Lavender-blue/7-10
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Pink Mist' PP8957
Pink Pincushion Flower
Zone: 4-7
One of the most talked about perennials in years
when it first hit the scene and it still stands up next to any of the hot
new plants! An extravagant performer, w/
pink blooms from Mid-summer to heavy frost. Neat, compact. Neutral to slightly alkaline soil. Divide & replace soil every 3 years. Deadhead.
Soil: Well-drained
H: 16" W: 16"
B/M: Pink/ 7-10
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Scabiosa
japonica 'Pink Diamonds' Japanese Pincushion
Flower
Zones: 4-8
A
dwarf selection of Pincushion Flower that only reaches an adorable
6" tall when blooming! Profuse HUGE 1-2" blooms all
summer and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Hardy enough
in Zone 6 and warmer to live in a pot or even a bit colder in a
heavy trough. Very charming. Short lived if grown in
poorly drained soil. Japanese Pincushion is not the generally
available Scabiosa and is a profuse dwarf bloomer especially in cool
summer areas. Because it will take some shade, move it there
in warmer areas.
Soil:
Well-drained
H: 3"(6" IB) W: 10-12" B/M:
Pink/6-10
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Scabiosa ochroleuca
Yellow
Pincushion Flower
Zones: 4-8
Providing
an almost endless display of yellow pincushion type blooms from
lovely green buds in a soft cream lemon yellow to creamy white over
finely dissected gray-green foliage it's a definite asset to the
garden. An excellent cut flower as well and with enough to
spare for a bouquet. Foliage is more feathery and stems are
more wiry and branching than the more known S. columbaria but blooms
are similar to that and to Knautia macedonica. Prefers
slightly alkaline soil.
Soil:
Well-drained H: 24-30" IB
W:18-36" B/M: Cream
Yellow/7-9
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' Grass, Little Bluestem Grass
Listed on the Grasses
page.
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What you're saying about us...
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...just
a quick note of thanks for the beautiful plants I received yesterday.
These are the best plants I've ever seen from mail order after 25 years of
ordering plants. They are beautiful. Thank you so much.
Mary Beth, Cordova, TN 9-06
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Schizostylis
coccinea 'Big Mama' Kafir Lily, Crimson Flag
Zone: (5)6-9
Whether
the name 'Big Mama' came from the Big 1-2" flat blooms, the Big
30" flower stems or the speed which she forms Big clumps, the name is
appropriate! From September through Frost, she puts on a shameless
display of bright pink flowers. Long Iris-like foliage
and solid blooms somewhat like Candy Lilies (where a solid color other
than yellow doesn't happen and blooms occur mid-summer). It's a
great color in the Fall Garden often dominated by gold, rusts and
yellows. Great cut flower. The soil must be well-watered or
moist. Beautiful with Golden Rod and Blue Asters! More cold
hardy than most sources report.
Soil:
Ave. to moist H: 30"
W:12" B/M: Bright Pink/9-10
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Schizostylis coccinea 'Red' Kafir Lily, Crimson Flag
Zone: (5)6-9
As above but (can you guess?), red blooms!
Soil:
Ave. to moist H: 30"
W:12" B/M: Red/9-10
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Scilla numidica Fall Squill
Zone: 5-7
Lavender rose wands of flowers. This unusual bulb naturalizes in the rock garden nicely.
Fall Squill has delicate spikes appear in early fall along with Fall
Crocus; foliage dies away by early summer.
SUMMER DORMANT. Excellent hardy bulb. Plant pot another 1" deeper.
I see sources that say that this isn't hardy but we keep it in pots above
ground, outside over winter in Zone 7, so it should easily be hardy to
zone 5. Our original plants came to us when we bought out a
fledgling rare plant nursery. The owner acquired seed from all over
the world but particularly from high altitude locations where possibly our
clone was growing in a colder spot than others.
Atypical Roots
Soil: Well-drained H: 10" W: 10"
B/M: Lavender rose/9-10
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Scilla sibirica 'Alba'
Siberian Squill Zone: 2-8
Beautiful
white bell shaped, nodding flowers in May right after the snow
crocuses. One the best for forcing - just bring a few in from the
garden and pot up inside for Christmas blooms. One to two blooms
stalks with 2-3 blooms per stalk. The thin, grass-like, dark green
leaves emerge from the ground in early spring and are soon followed by the
blooms. Multiplies readily and best in drifts planted near a walk
way so you can see them up close. Definitely one of the prettiest
spring blooming bulbs.
Atypical Roots
Soil: Well-drained H:
6" W: 6"
B/M: White/4-5 |
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Scutellaria alpina
'Arcobaleno' Skullcap Zone: 5-8
Scutellaria is a quick-spreading and clump-forming plant with tubular, two-lipped flowers, borne singly or in pairs, on short terminal racemes.
'Arcobaleno' is a seed strain of an interesting European rockery plant with 'skullcap' blooms
in a variety of colors. A branching, short-stemmed, somewhat
woody plant with leaves 1 to 1.5 inches long, ovate, crenate-serrate.
Bilabiate flowers grow in tight racemes sometimes with lower lip in a
contrasting color (usually white or yellow).
Soil: Well-drained H:
6-10" W:12-16" B/M: White w/ pink,
blue, yellow/6-9 |
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Scutellaria baicalensis
Skullcap Zone: 4-8
Sun/light shade
Bushy,
upright grower with long, glossy leaves and intense cobalt-blue flowers
from early summer to early autumn.. One of the best. From Mongolia.
Perfect in the rock garden or any well-drained, raised bed.
Soil:
Light, gritty, neutral H: 8-12" W: 8-12"
B/M: Blue/6-9
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Scutellaria incana
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Scutellaria indica var. japonica Skullcap Japanese Zone: 5-8
Brilliant purple trumpet-like flowers over soft green foliage and after the
blooms are gone, the seed capsules are ornamental into late fall/winter.. Blooms July-August at higher elevations,
Rhizome forming perennial requiring very good drainage and mostly sunny location. Leaves are oval, toothed, and hairy.
This Japanese form has a dwarf, bushy habit where species has long runners.
Soil: Moist but well-drained
H: 8" W: 8" B/M: Purple/5-6
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Scutellaria suffrutescens Pink,
Cherry or Texas Rose
Skullcap Zone: 6-9
Cherry red flowers, low twiggy shrub 4-6" tall, sparsely hairy. Leaves oval, rounded tips, slightly clothed in hairs like stems on short petioles. Seeds black and granular.
From the northeast corner of Mexico but hardy in Zone 6 to 9, mostly sunny to full sun. Beautiful 'hooded' flowers.
Wonderful and hard to find in the trade. Takes our humidity. Zone 6
hardiness per Colorado State.
Soil: Very well-drained H:
4-6" W: 15"
B/M: Cherry Red/6-10
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Scutellaria
tournefortii
Skullcap
Zone: 4-8
Found
in the Caucasus region of Europe with crinkled leaves on wiry stems
forming 20" wide mats of foliage with short racemes of creamy white blooms
with a bit of purple that are tubular shaped and flare
outward forming two lips. Doesn't run but does self-seed
some. The seed pods, known as calyxes, are identifiable by
their hooded helmet shape and can be decorative even after the
flowers have bloomed.
Soil:
Well-drained
H: 10-16" IB W: 20" B/M:
White with violet blue. /6-8
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  Sempervivums
& Sedums
(Hens
'n Chicks and Stonecrops)
We
have so many Sedums and Sempervivums that theyhave their own
page!
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Selaginella braunii
Arborvitae Fern
Zone: 6-9
Firm,
dark green, front-like erect branched leaves on a Fern Ally.
Like all fern and their allies, it doesn't develop blooms and seed but
reproduces by divisions and spore bearing leafy cones (strobili).
From China, this unique plant is a clump forming species. Of
easy culture and very eye-catching. Plant
of the Week for 2-7-03 by Oregon University's Cal Lemke.
THIS IS NOT A SHRUB but can be confused with an evergreen shrub in
summer when it's mature!
Soil: Organically
rich, well-drained soil
H:12" W: 12" B/M: na
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Selaginella erythropus 'Sanguinea'
Miniature Ruby Red Club/Spike Moss
Zone: 6-10
 A
new Club Moss for us which is rarely seen for sale and
oh-so-spectacular! Native to Central America, it requires
typical club moss conditions - high humidity, warmish temperature,
low to medium light and moist or well-watered soil. Dark green
upper face of the leaves and ruby red underneath and fantastic
metallic maroon/red sheen -- the same kind of metallic sheen found
in Peacock Moss. Evergreen (well, Ever-Red!) This
is a TINY, almost miniature club moss - not only more beautiful than most but also
much slower.
Soil:
Moist but well-drained
H: 4-6" W: Indef. B/M: na
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Selaginella kraussiana 'Gold Tips' Gold
Tips Spikemoss
Zone: 6-10
Versatile fern ally for use as pots, baskets, groundcover for bonsai, mixed bowls or as accents and groundcover for the garden. Gold tips has golden new growth with yellow-green mature tips. A mat-maker of fairly fast spread if sited properly. No direct sun but bright full shade. Mist from stream bed waterfall makes it positively
delirious!
Soil: Moist but well-drained
H: 2-4" W: Indef. B/M: none
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Selaginella moellendorffii Spikemoss gemmiferous
Zone: 6-10
Native to Eastern Asia this is one of the hardiest of the 700 spikemosses. A fern ally that can be used as a deciduous groundcover in full shade but w/ bright light. Creeping around a shady pond or creek is perfect. Can also be used as a houseplant or bonsai cover. Needs moisture in the house. Fabulous
rust hues in Fall and Spring.
Soil: Moist but well-drained
H: 5-18" W: Indef.
B/M: None
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Selaginella uncinata Peacock
Spikemoss Zone: 6-10
Peacock Moss is possibly the most beautiful ground cover in the woods. Semi-evergreen, lacy foliage -- like a cross between an upright moss & a fern. The metallic blue, almost
iridescent sheen, in a flicker of sunlight, will stop you in your tracks! From China. Needs a rich, moist but well-drained soil. Provide protection the first winter.
Soil: Moist but well-drained H: 1-2" W: 6-14"+
B/M: None
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Semiaquilegia ecalcarata
Spurless Columbine
Zone 6-8
If you like Aquilegia, then
you love Semiaquilegia ecalcarata! The Chinese Native grows in mossy
woodland area and looks quite it's relative, the columbine, but the
flowers are spurless. Violet-purple to burgundy blooms
wave airily above deeply lobed forest green foliage and purplish stem
(unlike Aquilegias) from May to June.
Soil:
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Senna marilandica still listed under
its old name Cassia marilandica.
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Sesleria caerulea Blue Moor Grass
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Setcreasea pallida
Purple Heart Wandering Jew Zone: 7B-10
Gorgeous foliage plant. There's really nothing else quite like it. Great in hanging baskets or in the garden. An evergreen Mexican perennial. Somewhat drought resistant. Another plant more hardy than people realize, Tony Avent says to 0 degrees but the top dies back or goes dormant in winter. MUST have superbly drained soil to overwinter
outside at that temperature..
Soil: Very well-drained H:6" W" Indef.
B/M: Light purple/7-8
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Silene caroliniana var. wherryi
Carolina Catchfly
Zone: 4-8
Carolina Catchfly is found in sandy woods, slopes and rock outcrops in the Southeast, not just Carolina! Clusters of 5-Petaled, strong pink (occasionally white) 2" wide flowers appear for a very long time sitting 2" above the leaves. Ideal for the rock garden and loves
limey soil. The blooms of wherryi are larger than the species. Don't fertilize. They like lean soil.
Over-fertilizing makes them short lived.
Soil: Well-drained, alkaline
H: 6 (8"IB) W: 6-20" B/M: Dark Pink/5-6
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Silene dioca 'Male Flower' Male Red Campion
Zone: 4-7
AKA, Lychnis dioica, Melandrium dioicum. Common on woodland edges in many states but not a native.
In nature, flowers are male or female. A
male without females does not set seed but just blooms and blooms and blooms -- usually from May through Fall.
Foliage forms neat, rounded 'bushettes' sporting 3/4" blooms in shades of
rose. The interesting British site First
Nature describes it as having 'Dense flower masses that last all
summer". It is a British native. Vegetatively
propagated from a male plant rather than seed grown. Soil:
Average H: 12-24" W:
B/M: Rose/ 5-6+ thru Fall
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Silene virginica
Firepink
Zone: 4B-10A
Fire pink which is really red is a striking sight whether you come across it around a bend in the woods or in your own garden where, with care, it's even more spectacular. The red tubular flowers are a favorite of the ruby-throated hummingbird, who has impeccable taste in flowers!
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