Santolina virens is an evergreen subshrub, mounding and low, resembles Santolina chamaecyparissus but the foliage is deep green, and the growth habit is more compact. Bright yellow, 3/4″ flowers are held on 10″ long stalks and contrast nicely with the […]
Santolina chamaecyparissus ( Pretty Carol Lavender Cotton )
Shrubby, compact and rounded, with woolly, white shoots that are densely covered with slender, toothed, light gray leaves to 1 1/2 inches long. Flowerheads are 1/2 inch across, bright yellow and borne on slender stems. Santolina is a graceful plant, […]
Santolina chamaecyparissus ( Lavender Cotton )
Shrubby, compact and rounded, with woolly, white shoots that are densely covered with slender, toothed, gray-white leaves to 1 1/2 inches long. Flowerheads are 1/2 inch across, bright yellow and borne on slender stems . Santolina is a graceful plant, […]
Sansevieria trifasciata ( Snake Plant )
Erect perennial with long, pointed, lance-shaped, erect leaves — hence the common name. Marbled horizonatally with green bands. Racemes of tubular, greenish white flowers bloom intermittently.
Sanguinaria canadensis ( Red Puccoon )
Rhizomatous perennial with heart-shaped, glaucus leaves that are 6 to 12 inches across when fully expanded. Single, cup-shaped white, sometimes pink tinged flowers bloom in spring as leaves unfold. Ideal in shady areas.
Sanchezia speciosa ( Sanchezia )
Angular, bushy shrub with oval, variegated, shiny dark green leaves. Veins and midribs are colored with yellow, ivory, or white. In summer, spikes of yellow flowers with red bracts bloom.
Sambucus racemosa ( Sutherland Gold European Red Elder )
Deciduous, bushy shrub with arching shoots and leaves. Grows to 10′ tall and wide. Leaves are pinnate, to 9 in. long, consisting of up to 5 finely toothed, ovate leaflets. In springtime produces small, yellow flowers in cone-shaped panicles. After […]
Sambucus racemosa ( Red Elder )
Deciduous, bushy shrub with arching shoots and leaves. Leaves are pinnate, to 9 in. long, consisting of up to 5 toothed leaflets. In springtime produces small, yellow flowers in cone-shaped panicles. After blooming period is over, produces small, round, red […]
Sambucus racemosa ( Plumosa Aurea European Red Elder )
Deciduous, bushy shrub with arching shoots and leaves. Grows to 10′ tall and wide. Leaves are pinnate, to 9 in. long, consisting of up to 5 , finely toothed, ovate leaflets. In springtime produces small, yellow flowers in cone-shaped panicles. […]
Sambucus pubens ( Scarlet Elder )
Sambucus pubens is a large shrub, reaching 12-25′ tall and wide. Leaves are opposite, pinnate compound, lovely dark green. Flowers bloom in late spring, yellowish-white, on 5″ conical panicle. Fruit is small, scarlet drupe, mid summer ripening, very ornamental. There […]
