Trunkless, clumping evergreen perennial with rush-like foliage, to 20 inches long, and lacking leaf blades. Spectacular flowers shaped like tropical birds. Long-lasting orange and blue flowers bloom on long stems nearly year round. Excellent near pools for tropical effect. Good […]
Stranvaesia davidiana ( Chinese Stranvaesia )
Stranvaesia davidiana is a large shrub or small tree. Evergreen to semi-evergreen. It has an open, somewhat sparse habit. The foliage turns red in the fall, but only on the inside of the plant, producing a two-tone shrub. Small white […]
Stomatium agninum ( Lamb’s Tongue )
Succulent with convex, semi-cylindrical, dull, and rough grayish green leaves. Light yellow flowers bloom in summer in early afternoon or early evening.
Stokesia laevis ( Silver Moon )
Silver Moon is a tough, evergreen perennial, to 18 inches wide, with lance-shaped, basal leaves and silvery-white, Aster-like, large flowerheads held terminally on upright stems, up to 24 inches tall. Long lasting, they attract butterflies and make great cut flowers. […]
Stokesia laevis ( Blue Danube )
Blue Danube is a tough, evergreen perennial, to 18 inches wide, with lance-shaped, basal leaves and medium blue, Aster-like, very large flowerheads held terminally on upright stems, up to 16 inches tall. Long lasting, they attract butterflies and make great […]
Stipa splendens ( Needle Grass )
Deciduous perennial grass with tufted and mounding habit. Leaves are arching, linear, and dark green. Panicles of purple with white spikelets are produced in early and mid-summer.
Stipa gigantea ( Golden oats )
Evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with a tufted habit with clumps of arching, linear, leaves. Panicles of purple-green or silvery spikelets that turn gold are produced in summer.
Stipa arundinacea ( Pheasant’s Tail Grass )
Rhizomatous, evergreen perennial with a tufted habit. Leaves are arching, linear, leathery, and dark green with orange-brown stripes in summer turning completely orange-brown in winter. Pendent panicles of purple-green spikelets are produced from mid-summer to early fall.
Stewartia pseudocamellia ( Japanese Stewartia )
This is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree has peeling, red-brown to grey bark. Dark green leaves are ovate to elliptic, toothed to 4 inches long. Leaves turn orange, yellow, and red in autumn. In mid-summer, single, camellia-like, white flowers with […]
Stewartia monadelpha ( Tall Stewartia )
Stewartia monadelpha is a large shrub to small tree with a rounded shrubby habit. Foliage is dark green with excellent maroon fall color. Bark is cinnamon-brown and smooth in maturity, scaly rich brown in younger specimens. It is heat tolerant, […]