SALVIA azurea subsp. pitcherii 'Nekan'
(SAL-vee-ah) (ah-ZURE-ee-ah) | SALVPN3 |
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| Common Name: Pitcher Sage |
| Description: Selection of native with showy, sky blue flower spikes in late summer and fall. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SALVIA greggii (Wild Thing Sage)
(SAL-vee-ah) (GREG-ee-eye) | SALVWT3 |
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| Common Name: Wild Thing Sage |
| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Aromatic mounds of dark, semi-evergreen foliage are covered with flushes of hot pink flowers May-October. Brought to Plant Select® by Tom Peace. Cut back to ground in spring. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA greggii 'Furman's Red'
(SAL-vee-ah) (GREG-ee-eye) | SALVFR3 |
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| Common Name: Furman's Red Sage |
| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Crimson to scarlet flowers are produced in repeated flushes throughout summer and fall on this hardy selection of a southwestern, everblooming sage. Woody perennial; best cut back in spring. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA moorcroftiana x indica
(SAL-vee-ah) | SALVIN3 |
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| Common Name: Shangri-la Sage |
| Description: 2017 Plant Select. Wide, sturdy leaves are broad and an attractive blue-grey shade. Flower stems lean over the leaves and display lavender-blue flowers with a paler lip spotted purple. Flowering can continue for months, beginning in spring.Cut stems to ground when blossoms fade to allow basal leaves to flourish again. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Caradonna'
(SAL-vee-ah) (nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVCR3 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Striking black flower stems with purple 'East Friesland' type blooms May-July. Selected by Zilmer Nursery of Germany and introduced by Dale Hendricks & Ron Strasko. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Dwarf Blue Queen'
(SAL-vee-ah) (nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVBQ3 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Benary has selected a shorter strain of this popular Salvia with blue-violet spikes. Excellent cut. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Marcus'® [Haeumanarc PP# 13,322]
(SAL-vee-ah) (nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVNM5 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: Exciting introduction from Holland with deep purple-blue flowers in June and July. Compact plants with broad, spreading habit. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SALVIA nemorosa 'Viola Klose'
(SAL-vee-ah) (nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVVK5 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: A lovely, deep blue flower on a compact plant from late spring-early summer. Great cut or dried; reblooms if it is cut back. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SALVIA pachyphylla
(SAL-vee-ah) (pak-ee-FY-lah) | SALVPC5 |
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| Common Name: Mojave Sage, Rose Sage, Giant Flowered Sage, |
| Description: 2005 Plant Select®. Western native, woody xeric with wonderfully aromatic, silver foliage; large, blue flowers with reddish bracts all summer and fall. Needs good drainage. |
| Zone: 6 |
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SALVIA Windwalker™Royal Red Salvia
(SAL-vee-ah) | SALVWR3 |
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| Common Name: (Sage Royal Red) |
| Description: (Salvia darcyi x Salvia microphylla) 2015 Plant Select®. Windwalker™Royal Red Salvia is a robust grower with graceful stems crowned with blood red flowers from late June to October. Can be cut back early summer to reduce height. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SALVIA x nemorosa 'Mainacht' ['May Night']
(SAL-vee-ah) (nem-or-OH-sah) | SALVMA5 |
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| Common Name: Sage |
| Description: 1997 PPA Plant of the Year! Outstanding, deep purple, long flowering cultivar; compact habit. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SANGUISORBA tenuifolia
(san-gwi-SOR-ba) (ten-yew-ih-FO-lee-ah) | SANGTE3 |
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| Common Name: Giant Burnet |
| Description: Abundant blooming consists of varying shades of white, pink, and red, overhanging tail-like spikes on upright plants. Cucumber scented and flavored with very rich, dark green foliage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SANTOLINA chamaecyparissus
(san-toe-LEE-nah) (kam-ah-sip-ar-ISS-us) | SANTCH3 |
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| Common Name: Lavender Cotton |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Dense mounds of feathery, silver foliage; may be sheared. Gold flowers. |
| Zone: 7 |
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SAPONARIA ocymoides
(sa-po-NAH-ree-a) (o-kim-OY-deez) | SAPOOC3 |
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| Common Name: Soapwort |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Bright pink flowers on broad, leafy plants. Good for rock garden or ground cover. |
| Zone: 2 |
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SAPONARIA x lempergii 'Max Frei'
(sa-po-NAH-ree-a) (lem-per-GEE-eye) | SAPOMF3 |
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| Common Name: Soapwort |
| Description: Clouds of bright pink flower masses with 1" blooms all summer. Blue-green foliage on compact plants. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SCABIOSA caucasica 'Fama'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (kaw-KAZ-ih-kah) | SCABFA3 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: Intense lavender-blue flowers. Choice selection for cutting. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SCABIOSA columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABBB3 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: 2000 PPA Perennial Plant of the Year! A profusion of lavender-blue flowers all summer on this outstanding cultivar originally discovered in Ireland. Compact habit does not require staking. Be ready for the demand created by publicity! |
| Zone: 5 |
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SCABIOSA columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABBB5 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: 2000 PPA Perennial Plant of the Year! A profusion of lavender-blue flowers all summer on this outstanding cultivar originally discovered in Ireland. Compact habit does not require staking. Be ready for the demand created by publicity! |
| Zone: 5 |
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SCABIOSA columbaria 'Giant Blue' PP# 12,167
(skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABGB3 |
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| Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
| Description: Proven SelectionTM. Immense, 3", lavender-blue flowers twice the size of 'Butterfly Blue'. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SCUTELLARIA resinosa 'Smoky Hills'
(sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (res-in-OH-sa) | SCUTSH3 |
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| Common Name: Skull Cap, Helmet Flower |
| Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Release. Deep blue or purplish flowers tipped with two, small white patches from May-July. Growing in a rounded form, the plants have leaves with grayish pubescence. This handsome Great Plains native is an essential. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SCUTELLARIA suffrutescens
(sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (suf-roo-TESS-enz) | SCUTSU3 |
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| Common Name: Texas Rose, Cherry Skullcap, Pink Skullcap |
| Description: 2004 Plant Select®. Incredible rose-red flowers all summer on neat, durable plants. Attractive rock garden plant from cuttings. |
| Zone: 7 |
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SEDUM alboroseum 'Mediovariegatum'
(SEE-dum) (al-bor-OH-see-um) | SEDUAM3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
| Description: Striking green/cream, succulent foliage. Pale pink flowers; fine accent. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEDUM 'Autumn Fire'
(SEE-dum) | SEDUAF3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
| Description: Similar to 'Autumn Joy', but developed in Quebec for its brightly colored, rosy flowers from late summer into fall; tighter growth habit and thicker foliage.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM 'Bertram Anderson'
(SEE-dum) | SEDUBA3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop |
| Description: Low, spreading, glaucous, smoky-purple foliage with graceful arching stems; boldly contrasted by dusky-rose, star flowers in late summer. Foliage emerges blue and darkens to purple with sun exposure. An improvement on Vera Jameson, with darker foliage and a more sturdy habit. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM cauticola 'Lidakense'
(SEE-dum) (kaw-TI-ko-la) | SEDUCL3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Intense pink flowers top small, glaucous, purplish-gray, succulent leaves in September-October. A 'must' for rock garden, raised bed, or container.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM dasyphyllum 'Himalayan Skies'
(SEE-dum) (das-i-FIL-um) | SEDUHS3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
| Description: More robust and showy than the species, this was collected by Rich Gilbert on a mountainside in Yunnan. None of our references say it should be there, but no one told the Sedum!
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 5 |
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SEDUM dasyphyllum var. glanduliferum
(SEE-dum) (das-ih-FIL-um) | SEDUGL3 |
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| Common Name: Corsican Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
| Description: This species (dasyphyllum) is extremely polymorphic giving rise to endless variations and forms. None the less, the dasyphyllums from around the world are among the most attractive ground cover and skirt plants for potted plants, troughs, rockeries, bonsai, etc. The variety glanduliferum is one of the tiniest and most useful. The environment can change the sky blue leaves to gray or lilac mauve. Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEDUM floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold'
(SEE-dum) (floor-IF-er-um) | SEDUWG3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
| Description: Outstanding ground cover with green foliage; yellow flowers. Frequently known, although incorrectly, in the trade as `acre'.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 3 |
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SEDUM grisbachii
(SEE-dum) (gris-bach-ee-eye) | SEDUGR3 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
| Description: Tiny plant with distinctive feature of translucent bump at the end of each leaf. Turns deep red in summer with loads of striking yellow flowers. Perfect addition to the garden.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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SEDUM 'Herbstfreude' ['Autumn Joy']
(SEE-dum) | SEDUAJ5 |
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| Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Large, rosy-salmon flower heads tinged bronze from early fall until frost. Most popular tall sedum.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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