All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Perennial | SAGINA subulata ‘Aurea’ | Gold Irish Moss | Bright gold-green mats of tight moss-like foliage. White flowers. Best foliage color with morning sun and afternoon shade. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SALIX alba ‘Flame’ | Flame Willow | Grown for its brilliant red winter stems. Cut back annually. To 35’ if unpruned. |
30-40 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SALIX candida ‘Iceberg Alley’ | Sageleaf Willow | Powdery, silver foliage adds texture and contrast when combined with other shrubs. Rounded form; blooms in spring with silver catkins, red stamens and nectar for pollinators. Tolerant of moist soils and a good choice for rain gardens. Deer resistant. Attract bees/hummingbirds. |
3-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SALIX rosmarinifolia | Rosemary Willow | Needle-like gray-green foliage reminiscent of rosemary on a large shrub. Makes a nice standard. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Annual | SALVIA ‘Amistad’ | Hybrid Sage | Salvias are pollinator magnets with long, narrow, tubular blooms that hummingbirds love! Whorls of large deep purple flowers all summer on a semi-shrubby plant. |
4-6 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage | Blooming from mid-summer to frost with airy wands of sky blue. Tolerant of a wind range of conditions. A beautiful addition to meadow plantings. Attracts pollinators Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
3-5 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | SALVIA chiapensis | This is a tender Salvia has the shiniest deep green leaves and bright fuchsia-colored blossoms. |
Full sun | |||||
| Perennial | SALVIA Color Spires ‘Azure Snow’ | Garden Sage | Forming a compact clump of deep violet blue and white bicolor flowers with attractive dark green foliage. |
18-20" | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA Color Spires ‘Indiglo Girl’ | Meadow Sage | Indigo blue flowers are held in dark calyxes on a bushy mound of foliage. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Good cut flower Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant |
20-22" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | SALVIA discolor | A tender salvia with the deepest and darkest purple flowers against silvery grey foliage. |
Full sun | |||||
| Annual | SALVIA involucrata ‘Mulberry Jam’ | Roseleaf Sage | Deep fuchsia pink flowers backed by dark calyxes emerge from large rounded buds August until frost. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | SALVIA leucantha ‘Velour Pink’ | Mexican Sage | Fuzzy pink flowers emerge from velvety soft white calyxes. An eye-catching combination. |
24-36 inches | Full sun | |||
| Annual | SALVIA leucantha ‘White Mischief’ | Mexican Sage | An all white version of Mexican sage. White tubular flowers emerging from fuzzy white calyxes. |
36-48 inches | Full sun | |||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Snow Hill’ | Garden Sage | The best white flowering perennial sage on the market producing masses of spikes full of pure white florets so attractive to all the pollinators. Blooming spring through summer. Good cut flower Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant |
12-24" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA pratensis ‘Ballerina Pink’ | Meadow Sage | Large, soft pink hooded flowers from deep mauve calyxes in early summer. Bushy habit. From Walters Gardens ‘Fashionista’ collection. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | SALVIA splendens ‘Louie’s Orange Delight’ | Scarlet Sage | Orange-red flower bracts from late summer into the fall on a tall bushy plant. |
36-42 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA x sylvestris ‘Blue Hill’ | Meadow Sage | Flowers are a good blue without much purple. Floriferous and long-blooming. Drought tolerant Deer resistant Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds |
20-22 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’ | Meadow Sage | This cultivar of S. x superba has the largest flowers! Blue violet spikes in early summer with some repeat bloom if cut back. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Carradonna’ | Meadow Sage | Tall dark purple stems and intense blue-violet flowers. Long bloom time starting in late spring. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| SALVIA x superba ‘May Night’ | Meadow Sage | Splendid deep purple flowers in June-July. |
18-20 inches | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SALVIS nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’ | Wood Sage | A compact and bushy plant covered in spikes of a rich violet-blue blooming throughout the summer. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
12-24" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SAMBUCUS canadensis ‘Adams’ | Elderberry | Large umbels of white flowers turn to deep purple-black fruit hanging from bright red stems. Attracts all the pollinators Provides nutritious food for migrating birds in fall |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SAMBUCUS canadensis ‘York’ | Elderberry | This native shrub produces loads of fruit from large white flower clusters at the end of the summer. Attracts birds, bees & butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra Black Lace® | Black Elderberry | Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’ CBR2633 | Proven Winners® Color Choice® A form with delicate, lacy black foliage, similar in feel to Japanese maples. Large umbels of light pink flowers in June, followed in fall by edible blackish-red berries if a suitable pollinator is planted nearby. Does well in moist sites. Prune hard for best foliage effect. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra Instant Karma® | Variegated Elderberry | Sambucus nigra ‘Sanivalk’ PP28314 | Proven Winners® Color Choice® Crisp green and white variegated foliage with large, lacy white flowers in early summer. Berries will follow if a pollinator like S. ‘Black Lace’ is present. A Proven Winners intro. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| SANGUINARIA canadensis ‘Multiplex’ | Double Bloodroot | Rare double form. Flowers like small water lilies in very early spring. Truly lovely. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 3 | |||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA canadensis | Canadian Burnet | Handsome pinnate foliage and 8″ long, white bottlebrush-like flowers in fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ | Korean Burnet | Gorgeous arching wands of fluffy pink over blue-green foliage summer through fall. Swaying in every breeze this fantastic plants brings movement to the garden as it weaves through surrounding plants. Makes a beautiful cut flower. |
24-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA ‘Little Angel’ | Burnet | Small red bottle-brush flowers in midsummer over tidy green and white variegated foliage. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Arnhem’ | Great Burnet | Deep red bottlebrush flowers on tall slender wands that wave in the slightest breezes adding graceful movement to the late summer garden. Young leaves can be harvested for spring tonics. Self sows Deer resistant |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Blackthorn’ | Burnet | Smokey-pink candles rise on strong stems in August. |
36-48" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Burr Blanc’ | Burnet | White fluffy, nodding spikes on tall, wiry stems reaching up and over the gardens adding movement. Attracts pollinators |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Chocolate Tip’ | Burnet | Deep maroon bottle brushes form on top of swaying stems with ferny green-blue foliage. A wonderful meadow plant! Attracts birds & butterflies Deer resistant Good cut flower |
24-30" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA ‘Plum Drops’ | Deep plum purple, bottle brush flowers wave above the low growing, dark green, pinnate foliage beginning in late summer and lasting well into autumn. They make a great cut flower and combine well with asters and grasses. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA tenuifolia ‘Pink Elephant’ | Burnet | Rose-pink bottlebrush flowers float over the finely cut foliage attracting many pollinators to the garden. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SAPONARIA ocymoides | Soapwort | This plant is densely branched with a mounding to trailing habit, creating a mat 6-8″ tall with a 1-2′ spread. In summer (May to August) the plant is carpeted in sprays of small, bright pink flowers. Tolerates some drought once established making it a nice addition to the sunny rock garden. After flowering, shear back by […] |
6-8" | Sun | 2 | ||
| SAPONARIA ocymoides ‘Snow Tip’ | Soapwort | A white-flowered cultivar smothered in white blooms in spring. |
6-8 inches | |||||
| Perennial | SARUMA henryi | Upright Chinese Ginger | A Chinese ginger relative with downy heart-shaped leaves and light yellow spring blooms. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | SAUROMATTUM venosum | Voodoo Lily | An unusual relative of our native jack-in-the-pulpit. this rarity flowers early in the season with stinky flowers that are pollinated by flys. Once the flower dies down it then sends up a large fingered leaf with heavily spotted stems. |
24-36 inches | Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Perennial | SAXIFRAGA stolonifera | Strawberry Begonia | Pubescent, rounded gray-green foliage is marked with silver. Undersides are maroon red. Spreads by red stolons from which “plantlets” dangle. Small white flowers in spring. Marginally hardy here, but makes a great hanging basket! |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | SCABIOSA caucasica ‘Fama White’ | Pincushion Flower | Pure white with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa -up to 4″ across, making this a valuable cut flower. Deadhead to keep it blooming all summer. Deer/drought resistant. Best in non-acidic soils. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SCABIOSA caucasica ‘Fama Deep Blue’ | Pin-cushion Flower | Deep cobalt blue with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa-up to 4″ across, makes this a valuable cut flower. Keep it deadhead to keep this blooming all summer. Deer resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-24" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | SCAEVOLA ‘Fairy Blue’ | Loads of blue fan shaped flowers cascade over the pot edge. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | |||||
| Annual | SCAEVOLA ‘Fairy White’ | Low maintenance cascade with pure white fans. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | |||||
| Grass | SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium ‘Carousel’ | Little Bluestem | A more upright, broad-based bluestem with gray-green foliage transitioning to pink, copper and mahogany in the fall. |
24-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Grass | SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium ‘Chameleon’ | Gorgeous variegation of green, white and rosy pink. More compact than other little bluestems, fits in front of the border areas for a neat accent. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Grass | SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium ‘Ha Ha Tonka’ | This little bluestem has fine hairs all along the blades that catch the light and make it appear to glow. A more upright habit makes it great for a statement in the garden. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Grass | SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’ | Blue-grey foliage through summer changing to reddish tones in fall and producing creamy white floral plumes through the fall months. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Grass | SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ | Little Bluestem | A thick-stemmed form that will not flop. Blue foliage turns red and orange in the fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SCHIZOPHRAGMA hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ | Japanese Hydrangea Vine | Similar to the climbing hydrangea, this cultivar has attractive silver-patterned foliage and large, flat white flower clusters through the summer. |
15-20 feet | Part Shade | 5 |