Olympia is generally ready for harvest 45 days after planting. This variety is relatively slow to bolt, and is resistant to race 1, 2, and 3 of downy mildew. The leaves are dark green and plain. Spinach leaves may be […]
Spinacia oleracea ( New Zealand Spinach )
There are 2 kinds of spinach: the common, most familiar kind which is a hardy annual, and the lesser known New Zealand spinach, which is a tender annual (and really not a true spinach). Spinach leaves may be crinkled as […]
Spigeli marilandica ( Maryland Pinkroot )
Perennial with clump-forming habit ideal for a bed, border, or woodland garden. Leaves are stalkless, oval to lance-shaped, and medium green in color. cymes of tubular to funnel-shaped red flowers with yellow inside bloom from spring to summer.
Sphaeralcea fendleri ( Globe Mallow )
Hairy perennial, shrub-like in appearance and ideal for a gravel garden or raised bed. Leaves are oval to oblong, toothed, lobed, green above, and lighter green and hairy beneath. Upright, relaxed stems bear panicles of flat, red-orange to pink-purple flowers […]
Spathodea campanulata ( African Tulip Tree )
Open and branched, evergreen tree from forest areas of Africa. Leaves are pinnate and made up of oval to oblong, leathery, dark green leaflets. Panicles or racemes of bell-shaped, red flowers with yellow rims bloom in spring and summer. Flowers […]
Spathiphyllum wallisii ( Mauna Loa Spathiphyllum )
Vigorous and compact rhizomatous perennial ideal in a shady border where hardy. May be grown as a houseplant. Leaves are lance-shaped to oblong with wavy margins, and shiny dark green. Fragrant white spathes, with surrounding green and white spadices, are […]
Spartium junceum ( Spanish Broom )
Upright deciduous shrub with linear, dark green leaves that are hairy beneath. Fragrant, pea-like, yellow lfowers bloom continually from early summer to early fall. Dark brown seed pods follow blooms.
Spartina pectinata ( Variegated Freshwater Cord Grass )
Clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial with upright stems. Leaves are olive-green with yellow edges, linear, and arching. Spike-like flowers with light green spikelets with purple anthers are borne in late summer and early fall.
Sparrmannia africana ( Variegated African Hemp )
Large evergreen shrub or small upright tree with hairy stems. Variegated leaves are marked with white and borne on long stalks, are round, palmately lobed, and hairy. Umbels of cup-shaped white flowers with long yellow and reddish purple stamens bloom […]
Sparrmannia africana ( Flore Pleno African Hemp )
Large evergreen shrub or small upright tree with hairy stems. Leaves are borne on long stalks, are round, palmately lobed, and hairy. Umbels of double, cup-shaped white flowers with long yellow and reddish purple stamens bloom in late spring and […]
