Erect biennial with perfoliate, bract-like yellowish green, round leaves. Numerous umbels of tiny yellow-green flowers bloom in spring of the second year of growth. Excellent cut flower. Naturalizes well in grass.
Smithiantha cinnabarina ( Temple Bells )
Rhizomatous perennial with deep green leaves with purple veins and covered with reddish hairs. Red flowers with white spots on their throats bloom from summer to fall.
Smilax china ( Chinese Smilax )
(Plant width:undetermined) (Plant height:15 feet) Deciduous, woody climber best trained onto a tree or wall. Leaves are oval, dark green, and borne from prickly shoots. Umbels of yellowish green flowers bloom in spring. On female plant, flowers are followed by […]
Smilacina racemosa ( False Solomon’s Seal )
Rhizomatous perennial that forms clumps. Leaves are narrow and elliptic, pointed, veined, fuzzy beneath turning yellow in fall. Many panicles of creamy white with green flowers bloom mid- to late spring. Green berries follow and turn red later.
Skimmia reevesiana ( Wakehurst White Reeves Skimmia )
Skimmia reevesiana ‘Wakehurst White’ is a low growing evergreen shrub, 1 1/2-2′ tall and 2-3′ wide, with quite an open habit. The white, fragrant flowers are produced on 2-3″ panicles. Small, pear-shaped, white fruits ripen in fall and persist through […]
Skimmia reevesiana ( Rubella Reeves Skimmia )
Skimmia reevesiana ‘Rubella’ is a low growing, compact evergreen shrub, 1 1/2-2′ tall and 2-3′ wide. This variety is a male clone and has white, fragrant flowers that are produced on 2-3″ panicles, and attractive red winter buds. Leaves are […]
Skimmia reevesiana ( Robert Fortune Reeves Skimmia )
Skimmia reevesiana is a low growing evergreen shrub, 1 1/2-2′ tall and 2-3′ wide, with quite an open habit. The white, fragrant flowers are produced on 2-3″ panicles. Small, pear-shaped, crimson fruits ripen in fall and persist through winter. A […]
Skimmia laureola ( Skimmia )
Skimmia laureola is a compact, low growing, evergreen shrub with handsome foliage, reaching 2-3′ in height and width. Sweetly fragrant creamy greenish flowers are borne in spring on 4″ long panicles. Fruit is a purplish black drupe, but has not […]
Skimmia japonica ( Nymans )
‘Nymans’ may be the best fruiting cultivar, bearing fairly large red fruits, but a male is required for fruit set. Known for its lovely evergreen foliage, fragrant flowers and attractive fruits. Growth habit is rounded to erect or creeping. Leaves […]
Skimmia japonica ( Fructo Albo Japanese Skimmia )
Known for its lovely evergreen foliage, fragrant flowers and attractive fruits. Growth habit is rounded to erect or creeping, to 24″ tall and 3′ wide. Leaves are oval to inversely lance shaped, dark green, to 4 inches long. White flowers […]
