SANTOLINA virens (san-toe-LEE-nah) (VI-rens) | SANTVI3 |
|
|
Common Name: Lavender Cotton |
Description: Dark green, scented foliage with soft yellow flowers. Useful for edging or low border; can be sheared. (Ours is not rosmarinifolia.) |
Zone: 7 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SAPONARIA ocymoides (sa-po-NAH-ree-a) (o-kim-OY-deez) | SAPOOC3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SAPONARIA x lempergii 'Max Frei' (sa-po-NAH-ree-a) (lem-per-GEE-eye) | SAPOMF3 |
|
|
Common Name: Soapwort |
Description: Clouds of bright pink flower masses with 1" blooms all summer. Blue-green foliage on compact plants. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SAPONARIA x oliviana (sa-po-NAH-ree-a) (o-liv-ee-AN-uh) | SAPOOL3 |
|
|
Common Name: Soapwort |
Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Absolutely the finest Saponaria for the rockery or trough. A large flowered hybrid of pumila and caespitosa. Its circular, attractive mound of green foliage puts forth its pink floral display in June. Put in well-drained site. Gotta have it! Limited supply. Available after 4/1. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SAURURUS cernuus (SOUGH-rur-us) (SIR-new-us) | SAURCE5 |
|
|
Common Name: Lizard Tail |
Description: Neat, green, cordate leaves on stems for the water garden or bog. 'Lizard's Tails' are the graceful, white tails of flowers to 3" on terminals during spring and summer. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCABIOSA caucasica 'Fama' (skab-ee-OH-sah) (kaw-KAZ-ih-kah) | SCABFA3 |
|
|
Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
Description: Intense lavender-blue flowers. Choice selection for cutting. |
Zone: 5 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCABIOSA columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' (skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABBB3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCABIOSA columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' (skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABBB5 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCABIOSA columbaria 'Giant Blue' PP# 12,167 (skab-ee-OH-sah) (ko-lum-BAH-ree-a) | SCABGB3 |
|
|
Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
Description: Proven SelectionTM. Immense, 3", lavender-blue flowers twice the size of 'Butterfly Blue'. Propagation Prohibited. |
Zone: 5 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCABIOSA superba 'Mongolian Mist' (skab-ee-OH-sah) (soo-PER-ba) | SCABMM3 |
|
|
Common Name: Pincushion Flower |
Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Release. Large, dazzling purple-blue, full pincushions arising from substantial stems above elegant, deep green, textured mounds. The originals were collected by GreatPlants members Gustafson, Bieberich, Morrissey, and Hamernik in 1997 on a mountain north of Hohot, Inner Mongolia. Rigorous selection since has given us 'Mongolian Mist'. |
Zone: 3 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCUTELLARIA alpina 'Arcobaleno' ['Rainbow'] (sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (al-PINE-a) | SCUTAR3 |
|
|
Common Name: Skull Cap, Helmet Flower |
Description: Attractive, Asian, medicinal herb with flowers of violet, blue, white, pink, and yellow, as well as bicolor. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCUTELLARIA resinosa 'Smoky Hills' (sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (res-in-OH-sa) | SCUTSH3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCUTELLARIA scoridifolia 'Mongolian Skies' (sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (scor-ee-di-FO-lee-a) | SCUTMS3 |
|
|
Common Name: Skull Cap, Helmet Flower |
Description: 2004 GreatPlantsTM Introduction. A selection collected by the GreatPlantsTM group in Inner Mongolia. Bluish-purple, tubular, hooded flowers on low mat, rhizome forming, hardy perennial. Shining, deep green, narrow leaves; likes sunny, well-drained location. Available after 4/1. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SCUTELLARIA suffrutescens (sku-te-LAH-ree-a) (suf-roo-TESS-enz) | SCUTSU3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM acre 'Oktoberfest' (SEE-dum) (AK-er) | SEDUOF3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
Description: Masses of brilliant creamy-white flowers remind you of foamy head on a fine European beer. Great new ground cover selection from Bavarian breeding.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM alboroseum 'Mediovariegatum' (SEE-dum) (al-bor-OH-see-um) | SEDUAM3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
Description: Striking green/cream, succulent foliage. Pale pink flowers; fine accent. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM album (SEE-dum) (AL-bum) | SEDUAB3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop |
Description: A top choice for 'roof garden' projects. This bright green sedum sports panicles of white flowers.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM album 'Chloroticum' (SEE-dum) (AL-bum) | SEDUAL3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
Description: Very pale green leaves, decorative, miniature foliage. White flowers.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM album 'Murale' (SEE-dum) (AL-bum) | SEDUMU3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
Description: Very light pink flowers on this selection of Sedum album known for its red foliage during periods of cold or stress.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 5 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM 'Autumn Fire' (SEE-dum) | SEDUAF3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM 'Bertram Anderson' (SEE-dum) | SEDUBA3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM cauticola 'Lidakense' (SEE-dum) (kaw-TI-ko-la) | SEDUCL3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM dasyphyllum (SEE-dum) (das-ih-FIL-um) | SEDUDA3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
Description: Tiny, delicate, blue-gray foliage; light pink flowers in summer. Choice, cushion forming perennial.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 5 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM dasyphyllum 'Himalayan Skies' (SEE-dum) (das-i-FIL-um) | SEDUHS3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM dasyphyllum var. glanduliferum (SEE-dum) (das-ih-FIL-um) | SEDUGL3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (SEE-dum) (floor-IF-er-um) | SEDUWG1 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (SEE-dum) (floor-IF-er-um) | SEDUWG3 |
|
|
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 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM forsterianum 'Oracle' (SEE-dum) (for-stare-EE-an-um) | SEDUOR3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop |
Description: Large, golden flower clusters June-July, held 6-8" above attractive, gray-blue foliage. Wonderful accent plant for combos, rock gardens, or xeriscapes. From Benary. |
Zone: 3 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM 'Frosty Morn' (SEE-dum) | SEDUFM3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Tall Variety) |
Description: Imported from Japan, this sedum features a wide, white border on each leaf. In cool climates, light pink flowers; in warm climates, white.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|
SEDUM 'Green Spruce' (SEE-dum) | SEDUGS3 |
|
|
Common Name: Stonecrop (Low Variety) |
Description: Dark, needle-like leaves; yellow flowers.
Choice rock garden, ground cover, or roof garden selection. Requires excellent drainage. |
Zone: 4 |
Specifics:
|
|
|