Dense and vigorous, tuft- to mound-forming evergreen perennial. Leaves are flat and linear, light blueish gray and shiny on top, dark green beneath. Panicles of greenish white spikelets just above the foliage bloom from midspring to early summer.
Serruria florida ( Blushing Bride )
Open evergreen shrub with purplish colored branches. Leaves are grayish green and pinnate with pointed leaflets. Flowerheads in salmon-pink with white and pink bracts bloom from spring to fall.
Serissa foetida (japonica) ( Variegata Serissa )
A singular species genus of small, evergreen shrubs native to southeast Asia. Leaves of ‘Variegata’ are dark green with creamy-white margins, leathery, up to 3/4″ long. Flowers are small, white, star-shaped, and open from pink buds. Prefers moist, humid conditions […]
Serissa foetida (japonica) ( Kyoto Serissa )
A singular species genus of small, evergreen shrubs native to southeast Asia. Leaves are dark green, leathery, up to 3/4″ long. ‘Kyoto’ bears small, white, star-shaped, double flowers. Prefers moist, humid conditions and temperatures above 45 degrees F. Grows 12-24″ […]
Seriphidium tridentatum ( Sagebrush )
Spreading evergreen perennial or subshrub with short, woolly trunk when juvenile becoming brown when mature. Leaves are silvery gray, soft to touch, and aromatic. Panicles of grayish white to yellow flowers bloom in midfall.
Sequoiadendron giganteum ( Sierra Redwood )
Sequoiadendron giganteum is a giant conifer reaching 250-300′ in the wild. Under cultivation in the eastern U.S. it usually does not exceed 60′. England, with its high moisture climate, has produced many specimens over 100′. Habit is pyramidal and dense […]
Sequoia sempervirens ( Soquel Redwood )
Sequoia sempervirens is a massive conifer, densely branched and pyramidical in youth, with age it loses its lower branches, retaining the pyramidal crown. Under cultivation in the east, it usually reaches 40-60′ tall. The bark of this tree has been […]
Sequoia sempervirens ( Redwood )
Sequoia sempervirens is a massive conifer, densely branched and pyramidical in youth, with age it loses its lower branches, retaining the pyramidal crown. Under cultivation in the east, it usually reaches 40-60′ tall. The bark of this tree has been […]
Sequoia sempervirens ( Pendula Redwood )
Sequoia sempervirens is a massive conifer, densely branched and pyramidical in youth, with age it loses its lower branches, retaining the pyramidal crown. Under cultivation in the east, it usually reaches 40-60′ tall. The bark of this tree has been […]
Sequoia sempervirens ( Adpressa Redwood )
Sequoia sempervirens is a massive conifer, densely branched and pyramidical in youth, with age it loses its lower branches, retaining the pyramidal crown. The bark of this tree has been photographed often, a rich reddish brown, deeply furrowed and ridged, […]