All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree/Shrub | SCHIZOPHRAGMA hydrangeoides ‘Roseum’ | Japanese Hydrangea Vine | Similar to the climbing hydrangea, this cultivar has attractive silver-patterned foliage and large, flat light pink flower clusters through the summer. |
15-20 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | SCIADOPITYS verticillata ‘Picola’ | Dwarf Japanese Umbrella Pine | Needles are glossy green and arranged in whorls. A pyramidal dwarf cultivar. Needs careful siting in Vermont. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | SCIADOPITYS verticillata ‘Winter Green’ | Japanese Umbrella Pine | Needles are long, dark green and arranged in whorls. This cultivar is compact with excellent winter color. Needs careful siting in Vermont. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | SCUTELLARIA ‘Appalachian Blues’ | Skullcap | Compact, clumping habit, with serrated leaves and bicolor flowers of blue & white. Attracts butterflies |
20-24" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Abbeydore’ | Stonecrop | Pink to red flowers in late summer over tidy blue-green foliage. Red seedpods follow. Upright and compact. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM album ‘Coral Carpet’ | Stonecrop | Small, rounded, succulent foliage in a spreading mat. Leaves emerge coral in spring and turn bronzy red in the autumn. White flowers in June. |
3-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Back in Black’ | Very dark fleshy leaves along upright stems that flower in fall with pink and cream clusters atop the stems. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Carl’ | Stonecrop | More compact than S. ‘Autumn Joy’ and more resistant to stem rot. Large clusters of deep pink flowers over a dense clump of gray-green foliage from late summer into fall. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Conga Line’ | The succulent foliage changes throughout the season from green to burgundy in summer then showing flowering with shades of cream, coral and peach in late summer. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Dream Dazzler’ | Stonecrop | A sport of Plum Dazzled. Colorful tricolored leaves emerge in spring with a collage of pink, white and purple. In full summer sun, the centers turn dark purple with hot pink edges. Masses of magenta-pink flowers in early fall. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Dazzling Dynamite’ | Stonecrop | Variegated foliage inbrilliant shades of red, orange and yellow from mid summer through fall. This colorful introduction has proven extremely stable and vigorous. Large flower heads of rosy pink flowers in late summer. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Annual | SEDUM japonicum ‘Tokyo Sun’ | Sedum | Mats of brilliant gold mini succulent foliage. Excellent for troughs. Topped with yellow flowers in summer. |
1-2 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘John Creech’ | Stonecrop | A very good groundcover with pink flowers in July over bright green foliage. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ | Stonecrop | Clusters of bright yellow flowers in summer cover the glossy, dark green foliage. Habit is tidy and compact. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Matrona’ | Stonecrop | Gray-green leaves edged pink with large pink flowers in Aug-Sept. |
20-22 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Mojave Jewels ‘Diamond’ | Stonecrop | Bronzy-green foliage and rosy-pink flowers are held high and strong on stiff, non-flopping stems; leaves darken with added sun exposure. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant Good cut flower |
12-15" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| SEDUM ‘Mr. Goodbud’ | Stonecrop | A compact form with dusky foliage and dark mauve flowers in late summer. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | |||
| Perennial | SEDUM reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ | Stonecrop | Mat-forming stems covered in blue-green needle like leaves. Bright yellow flowers in summer are a wonderful contrast! |
6-8" | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM rupestre ‘Angelina’ | Stonecrop | Brilliant yellow spruce-like foliage. Yellow flowers in summer. Excellent for ground cover or container. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM sieboldii | October Daphne | Flaring stems of round blue-gray leaves form a compact mound. Pink flowers in fall. |
10-12 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM sieboldii ‘Variegatum’ | October Daphne | Striking gold and blue variegated foliage on a compact mounding plant. Pink flowers in fall. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| SEDUM spectabile ‘Autumn Charm’ | Showy Stonecrop | A variegated sport of S. ‘Autumn Joy’ with cream-edged foliage. |
16-18 inches | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ | Showy Stonecrop | Reliable performer. Fleshy foliage topped by flattened clusters of flowers starting pink in August, turning rust by late fall. Part shade or moist soil OK. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
24-26 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spectabile ‘Neon’ | Stonecrop | Sport of S. ‘Brilliant’ with deeper, more consistent rose-pink color. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Fuldaglut’ | A mat forming groundcover with rounded deep bronze leaves and bright pink flowers in summer. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Tricolor’ | Stonecrop | Red, green and white foliage with pale pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Voodoo’ | Stonecrop | Mats of intense bronze to deep mahogany foliage. Rose-red flowers late in the season. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Plum Dazzled’ | Stonecrop | Like S. ‘Dazzleberry’ with even darker foliage and rose-pink blooms 2-3 weeks later. Plant is compact and well-branched. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Thunderhead’ | Stonecrop | Compact plant with strong branches that produce loads of bright pink star shaped florets over grey-green foliage. Drought and deer tolerant Attracts butterflies and bees galore and hummingbirds |
24-36 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘What a Doozie’ | Stonecrop | Variegated white and green foliage with spots of pink on creeping stems. The pick becomes more pronounced with cooler weather in the fall when pale pink flowers are formed. Attracts bees Drought tolerant |
2-5" | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | SELAGINELLA ‘Frosty Fern’ | Club Moss | Bright green foliage tipped in white. |
6-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | SEMPERVIVUM Assorted | Hens & Chicks | An assortment of colors and forms, all excellent for the dry, sunny garden. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Annual | SENECIO confusus ‘Orange Glow’ | Orange Glow Vine | A vigorous twiner with clusters of brilliant orange 2″ daisy shaped flowers with recurving petals. Attracts butterflies & bees |
6-8' | Full sun | |||
| Annual | SENECIO haworthii | Cocoon Plant | Frosty white cylindrical leaves bear bright yellow flowers on upright to trailing stems. |
10-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | SENECIO sp. ‘Mini Blue’ | Miniature Blue Chalk Fingers | Powder blue, cylindrical succulent foliage on a dwarf plant. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | SENECIO citriformis | String of Tears | Unique teardrop-shaped leaves on erect or procumbent stems. Leaves are soft green to deep green adorned with stripes. From late summer to winter, small heads of creamy-yellow flowers appear |
12-24 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | SENNA hebecarpa | Wild Senna | Clusters of bright yellow pea-like flowers top feathery pinnate foliage in the summer. Excellent pollinator plant. |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SESELI gummiferum | Moon Carrot | Fine silver foliage in rosettes. A biennial that will be covered in pink flower umbels the second year. Reseeds if happy. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | SILENE regia | Royal Catchfly | Royal Catchfly is a rare Midwest native plant with brilliant red flowers that are acclaimed for attracting Hummingbirds and butterflies such as the Black Swallowtail. An excellent garden plant that thrives in good loamy soils. the common name of catchfly refers to the stickiness of the stems that trap insects. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies |
24-48" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SISYRINCHIUM ‘Moody Blues’ | Blue-Eyed Grass | Large brilliant blue flowers have bright yellow eyes with low growing, grassy green foliage. |
6" | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SMILACINA racemosa | False Solomon's Seal | Great plants for the shady garden with arching stems carrying plumes of white flowers in spring and red berries in late summer. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| SOLIDAGO rugosa ‘Fireworks’ | Goldenrod | Long arching sprays of golden yellow flowers on 3′-4′ plant in late summer. |
3-4 feet | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SOLIDAGO shortii ‘Solar Cascade’ | Goldenrod | Arching stems are covered with small yellow flowers from late summer into fall. A drought tolerant native pollinator plant. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SORBUS aria ‘Lutescens’ | Whitebeam Mountain Ash | Lovely pyramidal form with silver foliage and red fruit. A most beautiful tree. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | SORGHASTRUM nutans ‘Golden Sunset’ | Indian Grass | Olive-green foliage and golden-yellow flowers highlighted by yellow anthers. Excellent in flower arrangements. Attracts butterflies Drought tolerant Remove seed heads to lessen spread |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SPIGELIA marilandica ‘Apple Slices’ | Long blooming tubular red and yellow flowers in early summer are a hummingbird favorite. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica Double Play® Candy Corn® | Japanese Spirea | Spiraea japonica ‘NCSX1’ PP28313 CBR6176 | Proven Winners® Color Choice® Red new growth matures to bright gold and contrasts through the season. Topped with purple-red blooms in early summer. Vivid gold-to-orange in fall. From Proven Winners. |
18-24 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ | Japanese Spirea | This selection is more compact than S.‘Goldflame’ with better tip color, superior, bright pink flowers and less reversion. Attracts butterflies. Foliage turns rich russet red in fall. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA nipponica ‘Snowmound’ | Spirea | Dense, upright, compact, mounded cultivar; profuse white flowers in late spring. Narrow, dark blue-green foliage. Flowers and leaves all appear on the same side of the arching branches. Attractive to butterflies. Deer/clay/drought tolerant. |
2-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA vanhouttei ‘Renaissance’ | Bridalwreath Spirea | Masses of tiny white flowers in spring on arching branches. Improved disease resistance. Orange-red fall color. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 |