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.

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 […]

Stenocarpus sinuatus ( Firewheel Tree )

Tall, slow-growing tree with upright branches. Wavy margined leaves are leathery, shiny, dark green on top and sometimes red beneath. Wheel-like umbels, hence the common name, of red flowers bloom on trees over 10 feet tall. Grow as foliage plant […]

Stauntonia hexaphylla ( Stauntonia )

Evergreen climber that is fast-growing. Leaves are palmate with oval to elliptic, leathery leaflets. Pendent racemes of fragrant, white flowers with violet tinges bloom in spring. Female plants prouduce edible purple fruit if pollinated.

Staphylea pinnata ( European Bladdernut )

Deciduous, upright shrub with pinnate leaves made up of oblong leaflets that are dark green on top and glaucus beneath. Pendent panicles of bell-shaped, fragrant, pinkish white flowers bloom in spring and early summer. Greenish white fruit follow blooms.