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, […]
Stewartia koreana ( Korean Stewartia )
Stewartia koreana is a small tree, pyramidical, with a dense growth habit. Dark green foliage can have beautiful red to reddish purple foliage in fall. Flowers are large, 3 inches across, white with yellow stamens, bloom sporadically over entire summer. […]
Sternbergia macrantha ( Autumn Daffodil )
Bulbous perennial that bears yellow funnel-shaped flowers in the fall. Blooms appear before the grayish green foliage emerges. Ideal for a sunny rock garden; does not like winter moisture. Sometimes referred to as Sternbergia clusiana.
Sternbergia fischeriana ( Autumn Daffodil )
Bulbous perennial that bears light yellow goblet-shaped flowers in winter. Leaves are shiny, dark grayish green, and strap-shaped. Sometimes produces small, non-flowering bulbs. Ideal for a sunny rock garden; does not like winter moisture.
Sternbergia candida ( Autumn Daffodil )
Bulbous perennial that bears fragrant, white, funnel-shaped flowers in late winter and early spring. Leaves are grayish green and lance- shaped. Ideal for a sunny rock garden; does not like winter moisture.
Stephanotis floribunda ( Madagascar Jasmine )
Twining and branched evergreeen climber with shiny, thick, dark green, oval leaves. Fragrant, waxy white flowers bloom from spring to fall. Sometimes referred to as Stephanotis jasminoides.
Stephanandra incisa ( Cutleaf stephanandra )
This shrub is related to spirea, and is often grown for it’s autumn color. It is a thicket-forming shrub with long, arching shoots. Leaves are sharply lobed, ovate, toothed, and mid-green, turning to orange-yellow in fall. In early summer, panicles […]
Stenotaphrum secundatum ( Variegated St. Augustine Grass )
Prostrate, evergreen perennial grass that spreads by stolons. Flattened, branching stems bear light green, linear leaves with ivory-white stripes. Greenish brown, spikelike, racemes of flowers bloom in late summer and early fall.
