| Salix - Willow |
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| Salvia off. Purpurascens |
The Purple Leaved Sage, same as the green leaved version just purple |
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| Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' |
Usually grown as a herb, this small evergreen is also useful as a ground-cover plant. Culinary uses include stuffings and flavouring meat dihes. H45cm, W75cm |
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| Salvia officinalis Tricolor |
Needs siting with care, can be a little tender. Foliage a riot of cream, white, pink and purple all on a background of grey green leaves |
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| Sambucus - Elder |
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| Santolina |
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| Sarcococca - Christmas box |
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| Senecio Drysdale--Renamed as Brachyglottis Drysdale |
Part of the Dunedin Group. Attractive wavy edged silver grey leaves, usual yellow flower heads but larger than B. Sunshine |
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| Senecio monroi |
A small shrub forming a broad dome with attractive foliage covered by a thick white bloom. Masses of bright yellow flowers over the summer. |
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| Senecio Sunshine |
A popular garden center shrub which forms a dense mound up to a metre in height and spread. It's silvery-grey leaves become green above. In summer it produces large open corymbs of yellow daisy-like flowers. |
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| Senna septemtrionalis |
Very late flwering subject with bright yellow flowers from late summer through to early winter. Needs a sheltered well drained spot |
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| Sinocalycanthus chinensis |
An exiting plant of recent introduction (1983 from China). Beautiful flowers in June, a mixture of white, yellow and maroon. Grows to about 3m. |
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| Skimmia jap. Kew White |
A rather slow growing female form noted for its white fruits |
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| Skimmia jap. Rubella |
A well tried and tested male form with panicles of large red buds |
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| Skimmia japonica Nymans |
A good free fruiting form with berries of good size and colour |
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| Skimmia jap Veitchii |
A female clone of good strong growth and bright red berries |
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| Skimmia Rodgersii George Gardner |
Very much a collectable form, makes a very good plant of the type |
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| Sophora davidii |
A beautiful large shrub with a grey down on the young branches. With age, the branches take on small spines. In June it produces delicate pale blue leguminous flowers. | |
Sophora japonica
Japanese Pagoda Tree |
The Japanese Pagoda Tree, one of those instantly attractive trees eventually achieving a medium size, masses of creamy white pea like flowers in late summer but alas only on older specimens. | |
| Sophora japonica Pendula |
A small tree with striking weeping habit, ideal as specimen where space is limited | |
Sophora tetraptera
New Zealand Kowhai |
The New Zealand Kowhai makes a large shrub or small tree if given a warm site against a south west facing wall. It has attractive ferny foliage and bright yellow pea like flowers in drooping clusters in May, followed by unusual bead-like seed pods. |
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| Sorbaria sorbifolia |
A charming small to medium sized suckering shrub with attractive ferny foliage and creamy white Astilbe-like flower plumes in August. |
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| Sorbus |
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Spartium junceum
Spanish Broom |
Spanish Broom. Originating from the Mediterranean region and introduced about 1548 resembles a large Broom shrub with masses of pea like yellow scented flowers in height of summer. | |
| Spiraea |
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| Stachyurus chinensis |
Less well known than S. praecox and very collectable long drooping flower racemes of pale citron | |
| Stachyurus chinensis Joy Forever |
A lovely striking new introduction with golden variegated leaves tinged bronze at the edges to give a fabulous three coloured effect |
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| Stachyurus praecox |
This medium sized shrub has deep purple-red stems and broad, pointed deep green leaves. It provides a lovely late winter show when its leafless stems hold hanging vertical spikes of tiny bell shaped green-yellow flowers. |
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| Stachyurus salicifolius |
Not encountered as often as the better known S.praecox and probably not as floriferous. Attractive willow like foliage and charming pale yellow flowers in early spring | |
| Staphylea pinnata |
A tall and strong growing shrub, long been cultivated in England from about the 1600's. Attractive pinate foliage and drooping white flower clusters during June | |
| Staphylea colchica |
A big and strong growing shrub notable for itslarge bladder like capsules often upto 10cm long produced after the attractive white flower heads in May | |
Staphylea holocarpa
Bladdernut |
Bladdernuts. A beautiful spring flowering shrub with attractive trifoliate leaves and dense panicles of pink buds which open into white flowers, followed by curious bladder-like capsules. Easy to grow in most situations. | |
| Stephanandra incisa Crispa |
This dwarf (28" high) deciduous ground cover plant is ideal for windy or difficult sites. White flowers late May - July. Any soil, sun or shade. Prune in March if untidy. Water regularly until established. | |
| Sycopsis sinensis |
A tall and strong growing evergreen shrub or small tree of reliable habit, its name is rather more exotic than the flowers which are produced as early as late February in mild winters and are of a yellow bronze colour | |
Symphoricarpos chenaultii Hancock
Snowberry |
Very easy shrub to grow and ideal for covering those difficult or forgotten areas and under trees where it will quickly provide a thick cover of impenetrable stems and branches. Attractive foliage give way in late autumn and winter to bumper crops of berries which vary from purple to pinkish white dependant on the amount of light they receive | |
Symphoricarpus albus var. Laevigatus
White Snowberry |
Snowberry. A thicket forming dense shrub with arching shoots bearing small spherical white fruits like marbles in Autumn and into the winter. Always attracts attention. |
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Syringa - Lilac |
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