Sinningia speciosa ( Gregor Mendel Florists Gloxinia )

Unusual plant related to African Violets, with some similar care needs. Ovate, dark green leaves with scalloped edges and soft hairs, 8″ to 12″ long. Blooms are trumpet-shaped, gently split into five petals, to 2″ across, borne in summer. ‘Gregor […]

Sinningia speciosa ( Champers Florists Gloxinia )

Unusual plant related to African Violets, with some similar care needs. Ovate, dark green leaves with scalloped edges and soft hairs, 8″ to 12″ long. Blooms are trumpet-shaped, gently split into five petals, to 2″ across, borne in summer. ‘Champers’ […]

Sinningia pusilla ( White Sprite Miniature Gloxinia )

Unusual plant with pea-sized tubers related to African Violets, with some similar care needs. Ovate, dark green leaves with scalloped edges, soft hairs, and red-veined undersides, to 1/2″ long. Flowers are single, tubular, nodding, pure white, to 1/2″ long. Blooms […]

Sinningia conspicua ( Sinningia )

Erect, tuberous perennial ideal for a woodland garden or raised bed. Leaves are scalloped, hairy, and borne in heart-shaped to oval rosettes. Single or clustered, nodding, bell-shaped, somewhat fragrant, pale yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer.

Sinningia ( Cherry Chip Sinningia )

Tuberous, miniature perennial ideal in woodland garden where hardy or as houseplant. Leaves are scalloped and borne in round rosettes. Red, trumpet-shaped, single flowers with white dots on their throats bloom in summer.

Silphium terebinthinaceum ( Rosinweed )

Upright perennial with basal leaves. Leaves are oval to oblong, toothed to pinnate, and borne on long stalks. Corymb-like yellow flowers, resembling sunflowers, bloom in summer. Ideal in herbaceous border or for naturalizing in woodland garden.

Silphium liciniatum ( Pilot Plant )

Upright, clump-forming perennial with hairy stems. This plant gets its common name from its fern-like, hairy leaves with flat sides that face east and west. Raceme-like corymbs of yellow flowers, that face east, bloom in late summer and early fall. […]