Sage purple Salvia purpurascens - - Purple foliage strong smelling herb with purple pink flowers. Used in stuff- ings and forcemeat. Infusion makes a good mouth wash and hair crinse for dark hair.
Sage Salvia officinalis - - Garden sage is strongly flavoured. Used with roast pork duck and stews. Also as mouth wash.
Sage Tricolor - - Sage with three coloured leaves; white, purple and green.
Salix Alba - Willow - Scarlet stemmed shrub. Requires any loamy soil in sun or partial shade.
Salix caprea - Goat Willow - Deciduous bushy shrub or tree. Fully hardy. Oval leaves are dark green above grey beneath. Catkins are borne in spring before foliage emerges. Height 10m. Spread 8m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Salix caprea - Willow - Deciduous bushy shrub or tree. Fully hardy. Oval leaves are dark green above grey beneath. Catkins are borne in spring before foliage emerges. Height 10m. Spread 8m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Salix caprea Pendula(Kilmarnock) - Kilmarnock Willow - Kilmarnock Willow A small umbrella like tree with silver catkins in early spring.
Salix chrysocoma - Weeping Willow - Deciduous wide spreading tree with slender pendulous yellow shoots falling to the ground as a curtain. Yellow green young leaves mature to mid green. Thrives best in full sun and moist soil. Height 15m. Spread 20m.
Salix chrysocoma - Willow - Deciduous wide spreading tree with slender pendulous yellow shoots falling to the ground as a curtain. Yellow green young leaves mature to mid green. Thrives best in full sun and moist soil. Height 15m. Spread 20m.
Salix daphnoides - Violet Willow - Fast growing deciduous spreading tree. Has lance shaped glossy dark green leaves silver male catkins in Spring and purple shoots with blueish white bloom in Winter. Requires full sun and moist soil conditions. Height 17m. Spread 7m
Salix helvetica - Swiss Willow - Small bushy shrub with stems, leaves and catkins covered in soft grey down. Height up to 1.5m. Attractive in rock gardens by pools or in borders. Plant in sun or shade.
Salix integra Hakuro-nishiki - Willow - This small tree has purplish drooping branches.
Salix integra Hakuro-nishiki - Willow - This small tree has purplish drooping branches and 10cm long leaves which are mottled pink and white on the tips. Sun or partial shade, 3m.
Salix lanata - Woolly Willow - Deciduous bushy dense shrub with stout woolly grey shoots and broad silver-grey leaves. Large yellowish green catkins appear in late spring with foliage. Height up to 1m. Requires full sun and moist soil. Height 0.5m. Spread 1m.
Salix matsudana tortuosa - Contorted Willow - Fast-growing deciduous spreading tree with curiously twisted shoots and contorted narrow tapering bright green leaves. Thrives best in moist soil conditions and prefers full sun. Height 15m. Spread 8m.
Salix Vitellina - Willow - Has golden yellow stems. Ideal for a rockery. Requires a moist loamy soil in sun or partial shade.
Salvia superba - Sage - A clump forming, erect, branched perennial that bears slender terminal racemes of purple flowers from mid-summer to autumn. Leaves are lance-shaped, scalloped and mid-green. Height 1m.
Sambucus rac. plumosa aurea - Elderberry, elder - Ht. 5-6ft. Deeply cut golden foliage. Flat heads of white flowers in spring followed by red berries. One of the best of the golden shrubs. Will grow in sun or shade.
Sambucus Sutherlands Gold - Elder, Elderberry - A large shrub or small tree which has large golden yellow leaves. In mid summer it produces small star shaped creamy white flowers then round red fruits. Height up to
Sandersonia aurantiaca - - 3ltr Perennial
Santolina chamaecyparissus - Cotton lavender - A low spreading, aromatic shrub which grows to 45cm high and bears bright yellow, rounded flowerheads on long stalks in summer, set amongst oblong, grey leaves divided into tiny segments. Requires a well drained, sunny position
Santolina Incana - -
Santolina virens - Santolina rosmarinifolia, cotton lavender - An evergreen, bushy, dense shrub with finely cut bright green leaves. Each slender stem produces a head of bright yellow flowers in mid summer. Height 60cm. Spread 1m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Saponaria Occymoides - Soap wort, tumbling ted - A splendid trailing plant with sheets of deep pink flowers May/June. An excellent rockery plant.
Savoury Winter Satureia montana - Savory - Perennial herb used to flavour meat fish and eggs. Add to all kinds of beans and soups.Bee stings
Saxifrage - Mossy saxifrage - Splendid evergreen ground cover, its rosettes of green leaves making a dense mat. Dainty spires make a pink cloud during May and June.
Saxifrage Silver Cushion - Mossy saxifrage - Splendid evergreen ground cover, its rosettes of silver leaves making a dense mat. Dainty spires of flowers are held above the cushion on slender stems. Height 8cm.
Scabiosa - Pincushion Flower - Flat, many petalled flowerheads in lavender shades make this a popular cottage garden plant. It has a long flowering period and is ideal for the sunny, chalky well drained border. Magnet for bees and butterflies. Good cut flower.
Sedum Acre - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy leaves, surmounted in late summer by large discs of innumerable small flowers. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Acre Aureum - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy lime green leaves, surmounted in late summer by large discs of innumerable small flowers. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Capablanca - Stonecrop, spathulifolium - An evergreen perennial with a carpet forming habit. Tiny rossettes 10cm high composed of plump, circular frosted grey leaves. In summer, star-shaped yellow flowers appear on short stems.
Sedum Frosty Morn - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sedum Reflexum - Stonecrop - A mat forming evergreen with thin cylindrical leaves. Yellow flowers in late spring. Prefers full sun.
Sedum Selskianum - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy bright green leaves, appear yellow flowers on stout stalks. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Spath Purpureum - Stonecrop - An evergreen perennial with a carpet forming habit. Tiny rossettes 10cm high composed of plump, circular frosted purple leaves. In summer, star-shaped yellow flowers appear on short stems.
Sedum spec Brilliant - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sedum spec Brilliant - Ice Plant - Wide heads of tiny flowers top fleshy, pale, green leaves and stems from Sept/Oct. A must for the sunny dry border.
Sedum Spurium - Stonecrop - Summer flowering, evergreen perennial which bears small blooms in big rounded flowerheads. 10cm tall. Suitable for covering banks and slopes.
Sedum Strawberry & Cream - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sempervirens - Houseleek - Green and red flat fleshy rosettes of symmetrical leaves which spread to form carpets of foliage.
Senecio monroi - - Evergreen bushy dense shrub that makes an excellent windbreak in mild costal areas. Has small wavy-edged dark green leaves with white undersides. Bears heads of bright yellow flowers in mid summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Senecio Sunshine - - Evergreen bushy shrub that forms a mound of silvery-grey young leaves later becoming dark green. Large clusters of bright yellow flower heads are produced on felted shoots from early to mid summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Sidalcea - Prairie mallow - Elegant spikes of mallow-like flowers and leaves. Hardy and flourishing in any soil. Flowers July/Aug.
Sidalcea candida - Mallow - 1ltr Perennial
Sidalcea hyb Elsie Heugh - - 3ltr Perennial
Sidalcea hyb Elsie Heugh - mallow - Easy and reliable, long flowering on stately spikes. Ideal for the sunny border. Flowers July/Aug. Hardy and flourishing in any soil.
Sidalcea oregana Brilliant - - 3ltr Perennial
Sidalcea oregana Brilliant - Mallow - 1ltr Perennial
Silene maritima - Campion, catchfly - A clump forming perennial with neat green leaves and pretty white five petalled flowers with baggy calyces during June and July.
Silene schafta - - A hairy clump forming perennial with deep purplish-red flowers from late summer to early autumn on stems 25cm high. Plant in fertile, well drained soil.
Skimmia Fragrance - - Bears clusters of white flowers with red berries amid shiny green leaves from March to April. Acid soil essential. Prefers a partially shaded position.
Skimmia japonica - japanese skimmia - Evergreen bushy dense shrub. Has aromatic mid to dark green leaves and dense clusters of small white flowers from mid to late spring followed on female plants by bright red fruits if plants of both sexes are grown Requires partial shade.
Skimmia japonica Rubella - Japanese skimmia - Evergreen upright dense shrub with aromatic red rimmed bright green foliage. Deep red flower buds in autumn and winter open to dense clusters of small white flowers in spring. Requires full sun and moist soil. Height and spread
Solanum crispum Glasnevin - Chilean potato tree - Vigorous semi-evergreen climber with oval leaves. Clusters of deep blue flowers which are fragrant are borne freely followed by white fruit. Prefer moist soil and full sun.
Solanum crispum variagatum - Chilean potato tree - Vigorous evergreen variegated green and yellow foliage. Has clusters of lilac to purple flowers in summer. Height to 6m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Solidago - Golden Rod - Feathery spikes of of golden flowers reaching 1m high. Reliable colour for mid-late summer, in sun or partial shade.
Solidago flex variagatus - Golden Rod - 3ltr Perennial
Solidago flex variagatus - Golden Rod - 1ltr Perennial
Sorbus aria Aurea - Whitebeam - Whitebeam with leaves tinted soft yellow green.
Sorbus aria Majestica - Whitebeam - A handsome form with largerelliptic leaves10-15cm long and larger fruits.
Sorbus Aucuparia - Rowan - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus Aucuparia - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus aucuparia - Mountain Ash, Rowan - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus Cashmiriana - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading tree with leaves consisting of 6-9 pairs of rich green leaflets. Pink-flushed white flowers in early summer are followed by large white fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m. Spread
Sorbus commixta - Rowan - Vigorous deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have 6-8 pairs of glossy deep gren leaflets that turn orange and red in autumn. White flowers in spring are followed by bright red fruits. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m.
Sorbus commixta - Mountain Ash - Vigorous deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have 6-8 pairs of glossy deep gren leaflets that turn orange and red in autumn. White flowers in spring are followed by bright red fruits. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m.
Sorbus Intermedia - Swedish Whitebeam - Deciduous broad headed dense tree. Fully hardy. Has broadly oval deeply lobed dark green leaves. Carries clusters of small white flowers in late spring then rounded red fruits. Height and spread 12m. Requires full sun.
Sorbus Intermedia - Whitebeam - Deciduous broad headed dense tree. Fully hardy. Has broadly oval deeply lobed dark green leaves. Carries clusters of small white flowers in late spring then rounded red fruits. Height and spread 12m. Requires full
Sorbus Joseph Rock - Rowan - Deciduous upright tree. Bright green leaves composed of many leaflets turn orange red and purple in autumn. White flowers in late spring are followed by large clusters of small yellow berries in late summer. Requires full sun and
Sorbus Joseph Rock - Mountain Ash - Deciduous upright tree. Bright green leaves composed of many leaflets turn orange red and purple in autumn. White flowers in late spring are followed by large clusters of small yellow berries in late summer. Requires full sun and
Sorbus Vilmorinii - Rowan - Deciduous spreading arching elegant tree. Leaves of 9-14 pairs of dark green leaflets become orange or bronze red in autumn. Has white blooms in late spring and small deep pink fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Sorbus vilmorinii - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading arching elegant tree. Leaves of 9-14 pairs of dark green leaflets become orange or bronze red in autumn. Has white blooms in late spring and small deep pink fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Spartina Aureomarginata - - Spartina Aureomarginata
Spiraea bumalda Antony Waterer - - Ht. up to 1m. An excellent low growing, mounding shrub. Heads of carmine pink flowers during June, July and August. Easy and very useful. Will grow in sun or light shade.
Spiraea Gold Mound - - A low growing shrub forming a dense mound of golden foliage which turns to red and bronze in autumn. Tiny pink flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Freely flowering. Height up to 1m.
Spiraea japonica Goldflame - Japanese spiraea - Deciduous low growing shrub with orange-red young leaves in spring, turning to bright yellow and finally pale green by mid-summer. Bears heads of deep rose-pink flowers. Height up to 1m.
Spiraea japonica Little Princess - Japanese spiraea - Slow growing deciduous mound forming shrub that produces copious small heads of rose pink blooms from mid to late summer. Small dark green leaves are bronze when young. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 1m. Spread 1.8m.
Spiraea japonica Nyewoods - Japanese spiraea - An alpine plant with small leaves and dark pink flowers from late spring to mid-
Spiraea nipponica Snowmound - - Deciduous spreading shrub with stout arching reddish branches. Small narrow dark green leaves set off profuse dense clusters of small white flowers in early summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 1.7m. Spread 1.7m.
Spiraea Shirobana - - A new low growing shrub which produces both pink and white flowers during June and July. Unusual and attractive. Clip back lightly after flowering.
Spiraea x Arguta - Bridal Wreath - Deciduous arching dense shrub. Produces clusters of 5-petalled white flowers from mid to late spring. Leaves are narrowly oblong and bright green. Fully hardy. Height and spread 2.5 metres. Requires full sun and fertile well drained soil.
Stachys lanata - Lambs Ear - Valued plants for their soft, silvery foliage. Easy ground cover. Magenta flowers June/July.
Stachys silver carpet - Lambs Ear - 3ltr Perennial
Stachys Silver Carpet - Lambs Ear - 1ltr Perennial
Stephanandra incisa Crispa - Lace shrub - Deciduous arching shrub. Bright green, slightly curled leaves turn orange-yellow in autumn and stems become rich brown in winter. Produces panicles of star shaped greenish white flowers in early summer. Height 1.5m. Spraed 3m.
Stipa Tenuissima - -
Sweet William - Dianthus barbatus - Slow growing, hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. Crowded, flattened heads of fragrant flowers in a range of colours are often zoned in two tones. They flower in late spring and grow to 45cm high.
Symphoricarpos Chen Hancock - Snowberry - An arching dense shrub with pinkish flowers in spring followed by white fruit tinged pink. Low growing.
Symphoricarpus chenaultii Hancock - Snowberry - An arching, many branched shrub with pink flowers in spring followed by white fruit tinged pink. Height 30cm. Good for ground covering in shaded areas.
Syringa Charles Joly - Lilac - A reliable double flowering lilac, with dark purplish-red flowers. Very fragrant. Strongly upright growth.
Syringa Katherine Havermayer - Lilac - Fully double large-flowered heads of lavender-purple buds opening to a soft mauve-pink.
Syringa Madame Lemoine - Lilac - Creamy yellow in bud, opening pure white, double flowers.
Syringa microphylla Superba - Lilac - A very pretty dwarf lilac. Rosy pink fragrant flowers in May and intermittently into October.
Syringia meyerii Pallibin - Lilac - This small spreading shrub grows to about 1.8m. The leaves are elliptical and the violet to rose pink flowers appear in spring in small dense clusters.
Sage Salvia officinalis - - Garden sage is strongly flavoured. Used with roast pork duck and stews. Also as mouth wash.
Sage Tricolor - - Sage with three coloured leaves; white, purple and green.
Salix Alba - Willow - Scarlet stemmed shrub. Requires any loamy soil in sun or partial shade.
Salix caprea - Goat Willow - Deciduous bushy shrub or tree. Fully hardy. Oval leaves are dark green above grey beneath. Catkins are borne in spring before foliage emerges. Height 10m. Spread 8m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Salix caprea - Willow - Deciduous bushy shrub or tree. Fully hardy. Oval leaves are dark green above grey beneath. Catkins are borne in spring before foliage emerges. Height 10m. Spread 8m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Salix caprea Pendula(Kilmarnock) - Kilmarnock Willow - Kilmarnock Willow A small umbrella like tree with silver catkins in early spring.
Salix chrysocoma - Weeping Willow - Deciduous wide spreading tree with slender pendulous yellow shoots falling to the ground as a curtain. Yellow green young leaves mature to mid green. Thrives best in full sun and moist soil. Height 15m. Spread 20m.
Salix chrysocoma - Willow - Deciduous wide spreading tree with slender pendulous yellow shoots falling to the ground as a curtain. Yellow green young leaves mature to mid green. Thrives best in full sun and moist soil. Height 15m. Spread 20m.
Salix daphnoides - Violet Willow - Fast growing deciduous spreading tree. Has lance shaped glossy dark green leaves silver male catkins in Spring and purple shoots with blueish white bloom in Winter. Requires full sun and moist soil conditions. Height 17m. Spread 7m
Salix helvetica - Swiss Willow - Small bushy shrub with stems, leaves and catkins covered in soft grey down. Height up to 1.5m. Attractive in rock gardens by pools or in borders. Plant in sun or shade.
Salix integra Hakuro-nishiki - Willow - This small tree has purplish drooping branches.
Salix integra Hakuro-nishiki - Willow - This small tree has purplish drooping branches and 10cm long leaves which are mottled pink and white on the tips. Sun or partial shade, 3m.
Salix lanata - Woolly Willow - Deciduous bushy dense shrub with stout woolly grey shoots and broad silver-grey leaves. Large yellowish green catkins appear in late spring with foliage. Height up to 1m. Requires full sun and moist soil. Height 0.5m. Spread 1m.
Salix matsudana tortuosa - Contorted Willow - Fast-growing deciduous spreading tree with curiously twisted shoots and contorted narrow tapering bright green leaves. Thrives best in moist soil conditions and prefers full sun. Height 15m. Spread 8m.
Salix Vitellina - Willow - Has golden yellow stems. Ideal for a rockery. Requires a moist loamy soil in sun or partial shade.
Salvia superba - Sage - A clump forming, erect, branched perennial that bears slender terminal racemes of purple flowers from mid-summer to autumn. Leaves are lance-shaped, scalloped and mid-green. Height 1m.
Sambucus rac. plumosa aurea - Elderberry, elder - Ht. 5-6ft. Deeply cut golden foliage. Flat heads of white flowers in spring followed by red berries. One of the best of the golden shrubs. Will grow in sun or shade.
Sambucus Sutherlands Gold - Elder, Elderberry - A large shrub or small tree which has large golden yellow leaves. In mid summer it produces small star shaped creamy white flowers then round red fruits. Height up to
Sandersonia aurantiaca - - 3ltr Perennial
Santolina chamaecyparissus - Cotton lavender - A low spreading, aromatic shrub which grows to 45cm high and bears bright yellow, rounded flowerheads on long stalks in summer, set amongst oblong, grey leaves divided into tiny segments. Requires a well drained, sunny position
Santolina Incana - -
Santolina virens - Santolina rosmarinifolia, cotton lavender - An evergreen, bushy, dense shrub with finely cut bright green leaves. Each slender stem produces a head of bright yellow flowers in mid summer. Height 60cm. Spread 1m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Saponaria Occymoides - Soap wort, tumbling ted - A splendid trailing plant with sheets of deep pink flowers May/June. An excellent rockery plant.
Savoury Winter Satureia montana - Savory - Perennial herb used to flavour meat fish and eggs. Add to all kinds of beans and soups.Bee stings
Saxifrage - Mossy saxifrage - Splendid evergreen ground cover, its rosettes of green leaves making a dense mat. Dainty spires make a pink cloud during May and June.
Saxifrage Silver Cushion - Mossy saxifrage - Splendid evergreen ground cover, its rosettes of silver leaves making a dense mat. Dainty spires of flowers are held above the cushion on slender stems. Height 8cm.
Scabiosa - Pincushion Flower - Flat, many petalled flowerheads in lavender shades make this a popular cottage garden plant. It has a long flowering period and is ideal for the sunny, chalky well drained border. Magnet for bees and butterflies. Good cut flower.
Sedum Acre - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy leaves, surmounted in late summer by large discs of innumerable small flowers. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Acre Aureum - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy lime green leaves, surmounted in late summer by large discs of innumerable small flowers. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Capablanca - Stonecrop, spathulifolium - An evergreen perennial with a carpet forming habit. Tiny rossettes 10cm high composed of plump, circular frosted grey leaves. In summer, star-shaped yellow flowers appear on short stems.
Sedum Frosty Morn - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sedum Reflexum - Stonecrop - A mat forming evergreen with thin cylindrical leaves. Yellow flowers in late spring. Prefers full sun.
Sedum Selskianum - Stonecrop - From a dense cushion of thick fleshy bright green leaves, appear yellow flowers on stout stalks. Tolerant of dry conditions.
Sedum Spath Purpureum - Stonecrop - An evergreen perennial with a carpet forming habit. Tiny rossettes 10cm high composed of plump, circular frosted purple leaves. In summer, star-shaped yellow flowers appear on short stems.
Sedum spec Brilliant - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sedum spec Brilliant - Ice Plant - Wide heads of tiny flowers top fleshy, pale, green leaves and stems from Sept/Oct. A must for the sunny dry border.
Sedum Spurium - Stonecrop - Summer flowering, evergreen perennial which bears small blooms in big rounded flowerheads. 10cm tall. Suitable for covering banks and slopes.
Sedum Strawberry & Cream - Ice Plant - 3ltr Perennial
Sempervirens - Houseleek - Green and red flat fleshy rosettes of symmetrical leaves which spread to form carpets of foliage.
Senecio monroi - - Evergreen bushy dense shrub that makes an excellent windbreak in mild costal areas. Has small wavy-edged dark green leaves with white undersides. Bears heads of bright yellow flowers in mid summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Senecio Sunshine - - Evergreen bushy shrub that forms a mound of silvery-grey young leaves later becoming dark green. Large clusters of bright yellow flower heads are produced on felted shoots from early to mid summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Sidalcea - Prairie mallow - Elegant spikes of mallow-like flowers and leaves. Hardy and flourishing in any soil. Flowers July/Aug.
Sidalcea candida - Mallow - 1ltr Perennial
Sidalcea hyb Elsie Heugh - - 3ltr Perennial
Sidalcea hyb Elsie Heugh - mallow - Easy and reliable, long flowering on stately spikes. Ideal for the sunny border. Flowers July/Aug. Hardy and flourishing in any soil.
Sidalcea oregana Brilliant - - 3ltr Perennial
Sidalcea oregana Brilliant - Mallow - 1ltr Perennial
Silene maritima - Campion, catchfly - A clump forming perennial with neat green leaves and pretty white five petalled flowers with baggy calyces during June and July.
Silene schafta - - A hairy clump forming perennial with deep purplish-red flowers from late summer to early autumn on stems 25cm high. Plant in fertile, well drained soil.
Skimmia Fragrance - - Bears clusters of white flowers with red berries amid shiny green leaves from March to April. Acid soil essential. Prefers a partially shaded position.
Skimmia japonica - japanese skimmia - Evergreen bushy dense shrub. Has aromatic mid to dark green leaves and dense clusters of small white flowers from mid to late spring followed on female plants by bright red fruits if plants of both sexes are grown Requires partial shade.
Skimmia japonica Rubella - Japanese skimmia - Evergreen upright dense shrub with aromatic red rimmed bright green foliage. Deep red flower buds in autumn and winter open to dense clusters of small white flowers in spring. Requires full sun and moist soil. Height and spread
Solanum crispum Glasnevin - Chilean potato tree - Vigorous semi-evergreen climber with oval leaves. Clusters of deep blue flowers which are fragrant are borne freely followed by white fruit. Prefer moist soil and full sun.
Solanum crispum variagatum - Chilean potato tree - Vigorous evergreen variegated green and yellow foliage. Has clusters of lilac to purple flowers in summer. Height to 6m. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Solidago - Golden Rod - Feathery spikes of of golden flowers reaching 1m high. Reliable colour for mid-late summer, in sun or partial shade.
Solidago flex variagatus - Golden Rod - 3ltr Perennial
Solidago flex variagatus - Golden Rod - 1ltr Perennial
Sorbus aria Aurea - Whitebeam - Whitebeam with leaves tinted soft yellow green.
Sorbus aria Majestica - Whitebeam - A handsome form with largerelliptic leaves10-15cm long and larger fruits.
Sorbus Aucuparia - Rowan - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus Aucuparia - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus aucuparia - Mountain Ash, Rowan - Deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have mid green leaflets that turn red or yellow in autumn. Bears white flowers in spring and red fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 14m. Spread 7m.
Sorbus Cashmiriana - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading tree with leaves consisting of 6-9 pairs of rich green leaflets. Pink-flushed white flowers in early summer are followed by large white fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m. Spread
Sorbus commixta - Rowan - Vigorous deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have 6-8 pairs of glossy deep gren leaflets that turn orange and red in autumn. White flowers in spring are followed by bright red fruits. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m.
Sorbus commixta - Mountain Ash - Vigorous deciduous spreading tree. Leaves have 6-8 pairs of glossy deep gren leaflets that turn orange and red in autumn. White flowers in spring are followed by bright red fruits. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 9m.
Sorbus Intermedia - Swedish Whitebeam - Deciduous broad headed dense tree. Fully hardy. Has broadly oval deeply lobed dark green leaves. Carries clusters of small white flowers in late spring then rounded red fruits. Height and spread 12m. Requires full sun.
Sorbus Intermedia - Whitebeam - Deciduous broad headed dense tree. Fully hardy. Has broadly oval deeply lobed dark green leaves. Carries clusters of small white flowers in late spring then rounded red fruits. Height and spread 12m. Requires full
Sorbus Joseph Rock - Rowan - Deciduous upright tree. Bright green leaves composed of many leaflets turn orange red and purple in autumn. White flowers in late spring are followed by large clusters of small yellow berries in late summer. Requires full sun and
Sorbus Joseph Rock - Mountain Ash - Deciduous upright tree. Bright green leaves composed of many leaflets turn orange red and purple in autumn. White flowers in late spring are followed by large clusters of small yellow berries in late summer. Requires full sun and
Sorbus Vilmorinii - Rowan - Deciduous spreading arching elegant tree. Leaves of 9-14 pairs of dark green leaflets become orange or bronze red in autumn. Has white blooms in late spring and small deep pink fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Sorbus vilmorinii - Mountain Ash - Deciduous spreading arching elegant tree. Leaves of 9-14 pairs of dark green leaflets become orange or bronze red in autumn. Has white blooms in late spring and small deep pink fruits in autumn. Requires full sun and well drained soil.
Spartina Aureomarginata - - Spartina Aureomarginata
Spiraea bumalda Antony Waterer - - Ht. up to 1m. An excellent low growing, mounding shrub. Heads of carmine pink flowers during June, July and August. Easy and very useful. Will grow in sun or light shade.
Spiraea Gold Mound - - A low growing shrub forming a dense mound of golden foliage which turns to red and bronze in autumn. Tiny pink flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Freely flowering. Height up to 1m.
Spiraea japonica Goldflame - Japanese spiraea - Deciduous low growing shrub with orange-red young leaves in spring, turning to bright yellow and finally pale green by mid-summer. Bears heads of deep rose-pink flowers. Height up to 1m.
Spiraea japonica Little Princess - Japanese spiraea - Slow growing deciduous mound forming shrub that produces copious small heads of rose pink blooms from mid to late summer. Small dark green leaves are bronze when young. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 1m. Spread 1.8m.
Spiraea japonica Nyewoods - Japanese spiraea - An alpine plant with small leaves and dark pink flowers from late spring to mid-
Spiraea nipponica Snowmound - - Deciduous spreading shrub with stout arching reddish branches. Small narrow dark green leaves set off profuse dense clusters of small white flowers in early summer. Requires full sun and well drained soil. Height 1.7m. Spread 1.7m.
Spiraea Shirobana - - A new low growing shrub which produces both pink and white flowers during June and July. Unusual and attractive. Clip back lightly after flowering.
Spiraea x Arguta - Bridal Wreath - Deciduous arching dense shrub. Produces clusters of 5-petalled white flowers from mid to late spring. Leaves are narrowly oblong and bright green. Fully hardy. Height and spread 2.5 metres. Requires full sun and fertile well drained soil.
Stachys lanata - Lambs Ear - Valued plants for their soft, silvery foliage. Easy ground cover. Magenta flowers June/July.
Stachys silver carpet - Lambs Ear - 3ltr Perennial
Stachys Silver Carpet - Lambs Ear - 1ltr Perennial
Stephanandra incisa Crispa - Lace shrub - Deciduous arching shrub. Bright green, slightly curled leaves turn orange-yellow in autumn and stems become rich brown in winter. Produces panicles of star shaped greenish white flowers in early summer. Height 1.5m. Spraed 3m.
Stipa Tenuissima - -
Sweet William - Dianthus barbatus - Slow growing, hardy perennial, usually treated as a biennial. Crowded, flattened heads of fragrant flowers in a range of colours are often zoned in two tones. They flower in late spring and grow to 45cm high.
Symphoricarpos Chen Hancock - Snowberry - An arching dense shrub with pinkish flowers in spring followed by white fruit tinged pink. Low growing.
Symphoricarpus chenaultii Hancock - Snowberry - An arching, many branched shrub with pink flowers in spring followed by white fruit tinged pink. Height 30cm. Good for ground covering in shaded areas.
Syringa Charles Joly - Lilac - A reliable double flowering lilac, with dark purplish-red flowers. Very fragrant. Strongly upright growth.
Syringa Katherine Havermayer - Lilac - Fully double large-flowered heads of lavender-purple buds opening to a soft mauve-pink.
Syringa Madame Lemoine - Lilac - Creamy yellow in bud, opening pure white, double flowers.
Syringa microphylla Superba - Lilac - A very pretty dwarf lilac. Rosy pink fragrant flowers in May and intermittently into October.
Syringia meyerii Pallibin - Lilac - This small spreading shrub grows to about 1.8m. The leaves are elliptical and the violet to rose pink flowers appear in spring in small dense clusters.
