Scabiosa canescens ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare European species with canescent foliage and typical bluish Scabiosa flowers; easy and free blooming but almost unknown to gardeners this deserves more attention.

 

Scabiosa caucasica .......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Another tufted species slightly larger than S. alpestris with pale blue flowers to 10cm wide, Mojmir found it in alpine meadows of the Central Caucasus at 2000m.

 

Scabiosa graminifolia ... Price  1@ $8.00

By far my favorite species, dwarf tufts of silvery hairy linear leaves and heads of pink Scabiosa flowers up to 4cm across atop 20-30cm stems, these are from one of Mojmir’s collections a couple of years ago, I’m surprised that no one has crossed it with Scabiosa caucasica.

 

Scabiosa japonica alpina PRICE 1@ $6.50

Compact 10-20cm, high plants with violet blue flowers in late summer and fall, considerably hardier than straight Scabiosa japonica.

 

Scabiosa lucida .................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A widespread species in the European mountains flowering from June to September, color ranges from rosy lilac to purplish black atop 15-30cm stems.

 

Scabiosa vestina ................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A neat tufted plant with solitary dark blue flowers collected on limestone strewn hillsides in the Italian Alps at 1800m by Mojmir.

 

Scopolia carniolica ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A solanaceous plant; related to Belladonna and a source of poisonous/hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids, attractive in a dark evil sort of way and just the thing to keep your mandrake company.

 

SCORZONERA RADIATA ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Commonly known as viper’s grass, with luck it may attract a few.

 

Scutellaria alpina 'Green Court' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A compact form with light reddish purple and white flowers, very free blooming.

 

Scutellaria biacalensis PRICE 1@ $6.50

Back in cultivation again and one of the best re-introductions, long tubed hooded blue flowers in profusion on foot tall bushy almost woody plants, great in the border or large rock garden.

 

Scutellaria indica japonica PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tufted 6", creeping with ascending stems, lavender purple hooded flowers from July to Sept. One of the best rock garden species, Japan.

 

Scutellaria indica parvaflora alba    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dwarf white flowered form; good stuff from Rick Lupp.

 

Scutellaria oreophylla PRICE 1@ $6.50

A low creeping plant with dark green lobed leaves and attractive heads of yellow flowers, Mojmir found it on sunny slopes in the central Caucasus at 2000m.

 

Scutellaria orientalis v pinnatifida PRICE 1@ $6.50

Attractive dissected foliage and yellow hooded Dragonhead flowers produced over a long season, orientalis is an outstanding rock garden plant; it runs about forming open mats, easy and long lived

 

Scutellaria pontica ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

A Turkish species similar to salvifolia but more delicate, forming prostrate mats and lacking the impress veination in the leaves. Flowers range from pinkish to reddish purple but magenta is typical. It is an excellent plant and not always readily obtainable, although easy enough to grow and very free blooming, I particularly like it waterfalling over the edge of a big trough.

 

Scutellaria scordifolia PRICE 1@ $6.50

A vigorous Korean species it will form sizable colonies over time with 30cm scapes of purple blue flowers.

 

Sedum anglicum 'Love's Triangle' PRICE 1@ $5.50

We finally got a name for the tiny bluish thing from Dylan, smothering mats of tiny powder blue leaves, masterful at finding its way into nearby and not so nearby pots, I assumed it was tender, no such luck, people keep asking for it so here it is.

 

Sedum divergens ................. PRICE 1@ $5.50

A loosely tangled mat former native to the pacific northwest courtesy of Sunny border, it’s always great to have Pierre stop by, not only does he bring plants and wine he has the best nursery gossip, and it’s comforting to know that Connecticut is an even screwier place to do business than Michigan.

 

Sedum debile ........................... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Ron found this growing in vertical limestone crevices on Mt Timpanogos in UT at 8200’, small mats of tiny ball like rosettes of glaucous blue leaves, the 1-2” reddish leaved scapes terminate in a flat topped head of starry yellow flowers.

 

SEDUM HISPANICUM MINUS PINK FORM PRICE 1@ $5.50

Condensed domes of pink tipped bluish gray leaves, clusters of pinkish white flowers, we have had numerous forms of hispanicum over the years and this is by far the best

 

Sedum japonicum senanense PRICE 1@ $5.50

A new one from Sunny Border Ohio, it is cute and so far not too aggressive, however we reserve judgment and have not yet turned it loose in the rock garden.

 

Sedum kamtschaticum variegatium PRICE 1@ $5.50

Variegated form that I prefer to the above, its quite eye catching.

 

Sedum lineare variegatum PRICE 1@ $5.50

A neat little variegated Sedum from Plant Delights, it is always a treat when Tony stops out, I’ll never forget him explaining Hosta sex to an Amish family that was shopping at the nursery.

 

Sedum makinoi 'Ogon' ....... PRICE 1@ $5.50

It seems that half of our sedums are gifts, this neat little golden plant was in one of the Sunny Border care packages either from Pierre or Jessie at Sunny Border Ohio.

 

Sedum makinoi variegatum PRICE 1@ $6.50

A Terra Nova selection this is potentially a very nice plant, variegation seems unstable and while most shoots have some white, only one in a hundred is stunningly variegated. They claim it gets much better in the spring, which may be true, or not. Those of you willing to do some careful selection for just the best shoots could make something of this

 

Sedum mentha- requienii PRICE 1@ $6.50

Flat mats of nearly microscopic leaves even smaller than Mentha requienii, this looks more like some little Thyme than a Sedum, it looks great in a trough and has not gotten out of hand, in fact its rather restrained for a Sedum.

 

Sedum middendorffianum PRICE 1@ $6.50

This has probably elicited more favorable comments than any sedum we grow, native to Manchuria and Mongolia; the fine textured bronzy red new spring growth is especially tight and cute. 

 

Sedum obtusifolium.......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Short stems of 2-3" closely packed with large overlapping fleshy leaves diminishing in size as they go up very different from any other sedum and well worth a place in the garden, Caucasus.

 

Sedum pachyclados .......... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Rosettes of bright powdery blue leaves packed tightly to make precise pads, starry flowers of peachy pink, allied to Primuloides, purportedly procured from PPPPakistan

 

Sedum paradisum 03 548 PRICE 1@ $6.50

Endemic to a few glacially scoured outcrops in montane forests in the southern trinity Alps, compact cushions of rosettes and panicles of large cream-colored flowers, it’s in cultivation thanks to Ratko.

 

Sedum pleuracaule .......... PRICE 1@ $5.50

A more or less deciduous mat former native to eastern Siberia down to Japan.

 

Sedum populifolium ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

There are not many woody sedums, actually, this Siberian species is the only one I can think of; Hawthorn scented white flowers tipped in pink top 20cm shrubby mounds.

 

SEDUM REFLEXUM 'MONSTROSUM CRISTATUM'   PRICE 1@ $5.50

Bizarre fascinated clone from Siskiyou, strangely attractive, it needs to have normal shoots pruned out or it may revert.

 

Sedum sexangulare 'Weisse Tatra' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Yet another sedum from Pierre, sexangulare is a bit of a weed but 'Weisse Tatra' is a selected form from the Tatra Mountains of Czechoslovakia and choice enough for the alpine house.

 

Sedum sieboldii .................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Japanese species with glaucus bluish fleshy leaves, and heads of bright pink flowers; it's one of my favorite sedums.

 

Sedum sieboldii 'Nana' ..... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dwarf is relative but this is unquestionably shorter than the type.

 

Sedum spathuliifolium 'Cape Blanco'   PRICE 1@ $6.50

Small tight rosettes of pruniose silvery gray leaves form low hummocks topped by nearly spherical inflorescences, found on Cape Blanco on the Oregon coast.

 

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Fire' Price  1@ $8.00

An improved Autumn Joy with thicker foliage and more uniform pink flowers that cluster thickly obscuring the foliage this is an excellent sedum for general landscape use.

 

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy' Price  1@ $8.00

Probably the most popular sedum in cultivation and it is nice, a trifle overused, but nice nonetheless, mahogany pink flower heads in late summer and autumn, followed by showy seed heads, spectabile x telephium.

 

Sedum spectabile 'Neon' Price  1@ $8.00

A sport of brilliant with neon pink flowers and light green foliage it is the brightest colored of the spectabile group.

 

Sedum x 'Black Jack' ........ PRICE 1@ $8.00

A sport of ‘Matrona’ with deep purplish black foliage and large heads of pink flowers, this is a great sedum.

 

Sedum x 'Matrona' ............. Price  1@ $8.00

'Matrona' is nice with dark bluish green leaves edged in pink and clusters of pink flowers are held atop 15” reddish stems

 

Sedum x Vera Jamison .... Price  1@ $8.00

An attractive hybrid looking a bit like a floppy dwarf spectacle, that sounds terrible but it’s a pretty plant, really.

 

Selaginella braunii....... Price  1@ $12.00

One of the larger species this can reach 20” if happy, it is native to Western China but is naturalized in parts of the southeast; fronds bear a striking resemblance to Thuja shoots.

 

Selaginella moellendorfii Price  1@ $12.00

Gemniferous Spikemoss, a pleasant little creeper native to southern China.

 

Selaginella sanguinolenta v. compressa Price  1@ $12.00

A tiny Japanese plant, perfect for a woodland trough with cushions of wiry zig-zag stems in a genus with 700+ members this is a standout.

 

Sempervivum

There is something to be said for Semps, they are great for filling crevices in the rockwork and stopping erosion, and if they were not so easy to grow, they would be considered great treasures. We urge you to take a fresh look at some of the newer hybrids and add them to your rock gardens; they look great (unless you plant them in old boots) and will continue to look great long after your Androsace vandellii has packed up and returned to the Pyrenees. Due to time constraints a number of these have no descriptions, use your imagination or search them out in Google.

 

Sempervivum #739 Belgium PRICE 1@ $6.50

A wild collection from Belgium somewhat webby.

 

Sempervivum arachnoidea PRICE 1@ $5.50

Cobweb with medium sized freely offsetting rosettes, presumable the webs scare off insects looking for a meal; Ender loves the spider web without the spider concept and has planted these all over our rock garden. Thankfully, his taste improved, he discovered Kab Saxes later in the summer (he planted his own tufa trough, its quite nice). Ender says to remind you they are monocarpic and have a really weird scape.

 

Sempervivum arachnoidea v. album PRICE 1@ $5.50

Seed grown from white flowered parents these are variable in rosette size and amount of webbing; we have selected several promising clones from this batch of seedlings. (Does anyone still grow the pinhead cobweb? That tiny thing with 1/8” wide rosettes, Punnett and I would both like it back, its fantastic on tufa).

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Aione' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Anhogel'             PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Cebanense'       PRICE 1@ $5.50

One of the best cobwebs, with ball like medium sized rosettes heavily webbed in white and abundant chicks on rather long stolons, this is the Siskiyou clone.

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Cobweb Joy'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Ask about our bonus offer which includes the Joy of Cobweb Cooking and the Joy of Cobweb Sex and as a special bonus a free copy of Cobwebs for Dummies.

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Dezermit'           PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'doellianum'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Encadin' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum ex Cascade la Pisse          PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum ex Valais Switzerland   PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum from Guilsaumes    PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum Gorges Dudalvis      PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Hurricane'        PRICE 1@ $6.50

More powerful than Katrina, this will rock you.

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Kew Garden'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Lausanne'          PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum Major PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum montanum          PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum Pyrenes   PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Spiderii'   PRICE 1@ $6.50

A rare clone, the seed was ingested by a grasshopper which was subsequently eaten by a gamma irradiated spider, we found it growing in a little pile of radioactive spider poo, it has powers, dark evil powers.

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum Stanfieldii        PRICE 1@ $6.50

Yet another webby one

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum tomentosum    PRICE 1@ $6.50

Heavily webbed cast off from the x files itsy bitsy spider episode.

 

Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Yukon Snow'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum 'Beautiful' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Dylan brought us this years ago and until now we have been unable to produce enough to offer, the red-green slender leaved rosettes are large almost JOVIBARBA like and rarely offset (nor do they split in half). It is an outstanding semp that stays put in the garden.

 

Sempervivum 'Belle Etoile' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Just the thing for leaky French roofs, not only does it repel water it also wards off rioting Muslims, and plays an important roll in French security planning ringing a warning each time the toilet flushes.

 

Sempervivum braunii ....... PRICE 1@ $5.50

Turkish and similar to a small version of tectorum with yellow flowers and few offsets.

 

Sempervivum 'Brown Owl' PRICE 1@ $6.50

The dark rosettes bear little resemblance to owls, nor do they look like owl pellets, they are not round and white like owl eggs but they are slicker than owl shit.

 

Sempervivum 'Cherry Frost' PRICE 1@ $6.50

An outstanding cultivar deep red small globular rosettes, set with tufts of silvery white hairs, it has a very neat compact habit.

 

Sempervivum 'Cobweb Capers' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Crimson and green cobwebbed rosettes this is virtually identical to ‘Alpha’

 

Sempervivum 'Cranberry' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum Dicks hyb glauca PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum filiferum glabrum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Lots of offsets on long whips I bet you could grow this on a fertilizer soaked camo jacket.

 

Sempervivum 'Fluffy Fluke' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum 'Frolick' .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Stuck with a 60’s afro that just won’t behave, you need Fro-Lick to lick it into shape, and for that fully groomed appearance you can use Fro-Lick on all your stubborn kinky hair, just throw a few rosettes in the blender add your favorite flavoring and have your partner apply with their tongue.

 

Sempervivum ‘fuzz globe’ PRICE 1@ $5.50

Globular rosettes sparse with their offsets, green leaves with prominent cilia at the margins, it has a species look.

 

Sempervivum hirta pressiana PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum hookerii (true) PRICE 1@ $6.50

Green with red tips and completely hairy this is a naturally occurring hybrid between s. arachnoideum and S. montanum

 

Sempervivum 'Korump' .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

If you are anywhere near Yellowstone and hear this put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye, that overdue Caldera finally blew.

 

Sempervivum 'Kramer's Spinrad' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum 'Mona Lisa' PRICE 1@ $6.50

I think she was pregnant. Now that that is settled how about a portrait done in semps, I have one of those mosaic programs and if you load up enough semp pictures, it will produce Mona Houseleek. I am tempted to actually plant it in the garden; it could start a completely new trend in rock gardening. If anyone does actually plant this, please send a photo.

 

Sempervivum 'Pilioseum' PRICE 1@ $5.50

Large grayish rosettes, the leaf margins lined with short hairs, its quite distinct and has been listed as a species although I can find no record of 'Pilioseum' as a species.

 

Sempervivum ‘pseudo-androsace’ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Jacques originally got this from Betty Blake supposedly as an Androsace, and admittedly it does look a bit like one, the name is ours (I have no idea what the real name is) plants are very webbed and slow to offset, it flowered for Punnett and he is positive it is a semp.

 

Sempervivum ‘pseudo-draba’ PRICE 1@ $5.50

Another odd semp dating back to years ago when Punnett was in Semp mode, the real name is long lost but the plant has a species look, tight hummocks of small rosettes made up of narrow pointy upward facing leaves, it is a bit reminiscent of a Draba hummock at least until it flowers.

 

Sempervivum 'Red Beauty' PRICE 1@ $5.50

Much like purple beauty but redder.

 

Sempervivum 'Red Pluche' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Small hairy leaved rosettes, it is bright red in spring but fades to green summer.

 

Sempervivum 'Silver Doreen' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum 'Ustechio' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A dark reddish cultivar with a bit of webbing this has gotten a lot of attention here.

 

Sempervivum 'Velenovsky' PRICE 1@ $6.50

 

Sempervivum 'Whirligig' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A strange crested mutation causing twisted contorted rosettes, it does revert to varying degrees but remains an intriguing curiosity.

 

Sempervivum 'White Ladies' PRICE 1@ $6.50

“Turn cartwheels on the floor…. and turn a whiter shade of pale”. Gotta like that whole vestal virgins thing.

 

Sempervivum wulfenii .... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Genetically pure wild material (a rare thing when it comes to sempervivum) collected by Jurasek in the Dolomites at 2200m, the lemon yellow flowers are particularly nice for a Semp with up to 15 one inch flowers per 15-25cm. stem.

 

Sempervivum 'Zilver Skrockii' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Also known as typo.

 

Sempervivum named forms collection           6 @ $33.15   12 @ $62.40

Named forms from the above and more our choice but all with names.

 

Sempervivum mix . 6 @ $28.05   12 @ $52.80

Mixed forms, these are assorted un-named plants from our collection of over one hundred named clones (standouts from a cast of thousands), the majority of which show cob webbing, or are distinct in some fashion.

 

Serratula centauroides PRICE 1@ $6.50

Mojmir’s collections from the Chentien Mountains of Mongolia at 1700m this is new to cultivation with deeply pinnate grayish leaves; rose pink Centaurea-like blooms on 15-35cm stems.

 

Serratula seoanei v. minor (Centaurea simplicifolia)       PRICE 1@ $6.50

Punnett brought us this odd little plant that he grew for years under the name Centaurea simplicifolia, and indeed it does look like a dwarf mat forming Centaurea. Panyoti noticed it when he was here last year, it turns out is not a Centaurea but Serratula seoanei v. minor a plant he thought lost to cultivation and one that was on his wish list, mat forming with lyrate gray felted leaves and 3cm rosy pink flowers. It is native to Portugal and Spain and closely related to Serratula tinctoria.

 

Seseli gummiferum ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Moon carrot, We grew this years ago but I don’t think we ever cataloged it, an oversight which we have rectified, it is an odd little umbellifer with lovely filigree bluish gray glaucous foliage that is attractive as a food plant for Black Swallowtail butterflies and pure white umbels of Queen Ann’s Lace flowers.

 

Sidalcea malvaeflora hybrid 'Rosanna'         PRICE 1@ $6.50

Meter high herbaceous mallow very free blooming and easy, somewhat short lived but persisting forever via self sowing 'Rosanna' features rosy-red flowers.

 

Sidalcea malvaeflora hybrid 'Partygirl'     PRICE 1@ $6.50

Meter high herbaceous mallow very free blooming and easy, somewhat short lived but persisting forever via self sowing 'Partygirl' features carmine-rose flowers.

 

Sideritis gracilis ............... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Sideritis contains over 100 species and gracilis is among the nicest we have seen, Labiate flowers and woolly foliage, gracilis is relatively rare in cultivation forming low woody based cushions with stems of 4 ranked leaves, a cute little thing, from H & H.

 

SIDERITIS PHLOMOIDES ...... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Brigitta wanted to not list this because it looked too much like a Phlomis; Mojmir collected it from the limestones of Toros Dagh at 2,300m, 20-40cm plants with gray- green leaves, dense heads of yellow flowers on 10-20cm stems, I think they are right.

 

Silene acaulis ....................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

From a very free flowering strain; visitors to the nursery were stunned to see them lined out in the field like bedding plants.

 

Silene acaulis 'Frances' PRICE 1@ $6.50

An excellent foliage plant for a trough, rock hard chartreuse cushions sprinkled with pale pink stars, this Scottish selection ranks among the best

 

Silene acaulis 'Pink Pearl' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tiny and hard to locate, if treated well it will grow larger, its the next thing to hunt for after you find the 'Tatoosh'.

 

Silene acaulis 'Tatoosh' PRICE 1@ $6.50

What makes excellent toosh, tight buns?  Cute looking especially when young?  No shyness in exposing reproductive parts? Large deep pink buds? A ménage-a-twa fertilization strategy that involves more than one species? Perhaps a fondness for uric acid? Strange tattoos? Rick Lupp’s selection meets those criteria and more; now there’s no need to run downtown to find some great tattooed tush.

 

Silene acaulis 'White Rabbit' PRICE 1@ $6.50

From Mt. Tahoma, a white flowered form of the above, easy to root it has been a fantastic plant for us. Ender discovered the Jefferson Airplane this summer and I still have “White Rabbit” and “Lather” stuck in my head, “do you remember what the dormouse said”?

 

Silene alpestris ................. PRICE 1@ $5.50

A tufted plant from the eastern Alps generally white flowered it is an easy long-lived plant in the rock garden.

 

Silene atropurpurea ...... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Medium height with Pink flowers, it looks pretty good in the pictures these should flower for the first time this year.

 

Silene dioica 'Valley High' PRICE 1@ $8.00

Fantastic variegation this is an outstanding foliage plant, granted the flowers are not much but who cares the foliage is great.

 

Silene hookeri ...................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Lovely huge spider flowers anywhere from purple to red shading to pink or white. It is a classic plant often found on serpentine in Oregon, not easy it seems to do best with a bit of shade.

 

Silene jenisseensis HO . PRICE 1@ $6.50

Another Holubec collection, this one from the Russian Altai near Belukha at 2100m, where he found the hard cushions growing in rocky crevices; white flowers with inflated calyxes on 10-15cm stems.

 

Silene keiskei akaisalpina pink and white PRICE 1@ $6.50

Garden collected seed from Mojmir, keiskei is one of the best and akaisalpina is the finest form with very compact large flowered plants. It is a Honshu endemic, a bit out of his normal collecting areas; from his garden. You can expect good forms with both pink and white flowers.

 

Silene oreades   287 ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A bit reminiscent of Silene saxifraga, but with solitary pink flowers, Mojmir collected it from limestone on Kupe Dag at 2500m

 

Silene petersonii ............... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Bradshaw’s collections from Sanpete Co ut at 10,800’ where it spreads its rhizomes through the limestone screes, grey-green leaves and deeply laciniated pinkish purple flowers, it is one of the best Silene species.

 

Silene regia ............................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

The showiest of the eastern Silene species with clusters of brilliant scarlet red flowers atop 2’ stems, grow it along with cardinal flower and suck in every hummingbird for miles around.

 

Silene saxifraga ................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

S. Europe to the Carpathians, dense tufts of caespitose leaves, short-stemmed white flowers with contrasting backs.

 

Silene suksdorfii  97-265 PRICE 1@ $6.50

Why would you name a plant after this person? Can you imagine the teasing? I’m sure Suksdorf  was a fine botonist but with a name like Suksdorf, you probably don’t want it commemorated.

 

Silene uniflora 'Druitt's Variegated' PRICE 1@ $5.50

Druids variegated would be more befitting our taste, but they failed to consult me when picking the name, this mat former has broad creamy edged leaves that give it a refined look. The puffy white flowers are almost an afterthought.

 

Silene virginica x polypetala 'Longwood'   PRICE 1@ $8.00

Dr Jim Ault’s cross between Georgia’s federally endangered Silene polypetala and Silene virginica, an outstanding plant with abundant deep pink fringed flowers.

 

Silene waldsteinii.............. PRICE 1@ $6.50

A densely tufted plant from the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria with pinkish purple flowers, strangely enough it is overlooked by everyone from Farrer to the ags Book. Mojmir found it at 2300m.

 

Silphium integrifolium . PRICE 1@ $6.50

A big Prairie Dock Compass Plant thing if you like big composites you will love it.

 

Silphium lacinatum .......... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Compass plant, too cheap to lay out a thousand bucks for a dashboard GPS, not to worry just plant this in a dirty floor mat and your navigation problems are over, just tap on the flower and put the petal to the metal (it helps if you are as tall as that Chinese basketball guy).

 

Silphium perfoliatum ..... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Fred was pushing this as a native that deserved more garden exposure, and it is impressive, this yellow flowered monster is tall enough to play in the nBA.

 

Silphium terebinthinaceum PRICE 1@ $8.00

Sick of all those wimpy little Silphiums, not to worry we have a 3 meter version.

 

Sisyrinchium 'E.K. Balls' PRICE 1@ $6.50

Was that Ping Pong balls Or King Kong balls? I couldn’t hear it over the ac/DC song, its flowers are as big as, well never mind, but it’s probably a cross between S. bella and S. idahoense v macounii.

 

Smilacina bicolor ............ PRICE 1@ $12.00

A Korean species and the only info I could find was in Korean, it suffers a bit from the Google translation, here are a few highlights. “ The beard root to the genitals is born from the joint” “ both sides flow in lower part and becoming the short leaf sack” “ is projection where the hair sleeps almost without above reverse side pulse” and my favorite “the flower stalk comes out from the armpit of the gun…. the flower runs”. Fortunately, a picture is worth more than a Google translation and the site has several good ones.

 

Smilacina henryi DJHC 98068 PRICE 1@ $24.00

Long spikes of white long tubed flowers that flair to wide snowflakes at the tips of the upright stems, this is very showy.

 

Solidago canadensis Baby Gold PRICE 1@ $6.50

A dwarf version of canadensis with large flowers it is the best Solidago for the perennial border and very impressive in the late summer, it’s pollen is viscid and does not cause hay fever however it is loved by locust borers and soldier beetles and a good place to look for cryptically colored assassin bugs.

 

Solidago cutleri ................ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Horribly confused with Solidago brachystachys and Solidago virgaurea by any name it is a cute little dwarf golden rod. It is an eastern American tufted species found at altitude with showy corymbs of yellow flowers atop short stems in late summer

 

Solidago rigida .................... PRICE 1@ $6.50

I had this whole stiff rod thing going but it fell apart when it came to exploding with spurts of yellow, which sounds far too much like Gonorrhea.

 

Speirantha convallarioides (gardenii)          PRICE 1@ $8.00

A monotypic Lily of the Valley relative form the Jiangxi region of China, this slowly creeping evergreen woodlander is rarely encountered in gardens and prefers a lime free soil, the starry white flowers are in 6” racemes and are produced in late spring

 

SPIGELIA MARILANDICA ..... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A unique looking Eastern American member of the Loganacaea, they prefer a moist humus rich soil and a bit of shade; flowers, which appear in mid to early summer, are narrow trumpets to 5cm scarlet outside and yellow inside with a constriction just before they flare out.

 

Spiranthes cernua var. odorata PRICE 1@ $12.00

Small vanilla scented white orchid flowers spiral gracefully up 30-50cm stems, its one of the showiest species and is fairly easy in a damp spot; it has proven to be quite amenable to pot culture for us.

 

Stachys byzantina ........... PRICE 1@ $6.50

These are actually reversions from a variegated form of Lamb’s ears, hey if you are lucky maybe they will revert back to variegated.

 

Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet' PRICE 1@ $8.00

This is supposed to be the best of the non-flowering Lamb’s Ears, it has been known to throw the occasional spike of magenta flowers but is generally flower free.

 

Stachys candida .................. PRICE 1@ $6.50

Similar to chrysantha except the flowers are white with purple spots, both make fine additions to a dry sunny rock garden.

 

Stachys chrysantha  ...... PRICE 1@ $6.50

Tufted, 8", white tomentose stems, crowded spikes of bright yellow flowers, Greece.

 

STACHYS LAVENDULIFOLIA PRICE 1@ $12.00

By far my favorite Stachys, these are from Mojmir’s collections at 1700m on the sandy hills near Horsan, Turkey; flowers are mauve in whorls up the stems, subtended by dissected fuzzy bracts giving a smoky appearance from a distance. A legendary plant and difficult, at least in the Mid West, it detests too much wet, melting without warning, definitely not for beginners.

 

Stachys macrantha ......... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A big species for the perennial garden with masses of pinkish purple flowers whorled densly on the 2’ flowering stems.

 

Stachys minor ....................... PRICE 1@ $8.00

Dense short spikes of hot magenta flowers arise from dense slow spreading mats of dark green leaves, delightful.

 

STACHYS NIVEA ...................... PRICE 1@ $12.00

A gem from Syria with oblong leaves and whorled spikes of creamy white flowers.

 

Stachys saxicola ............... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A tufted species from the limestones of morocco around 1500m with whorled spikes of pink flowers

 

Stokesia laevis 'Omega Skyrocket' PRICE 1@ $6.50

A Stokesia on GA₃, the stems stretch to 4', it's definitely different and may or may not be a breakthrough in new plant breeding, depending on your point of view; someone must think so because the seed is very expensive.

 

Stomatium mustellinum PRICE 1@ $6.50

Reaching the altitudinal limit for the species this is a nice and quite hardy ice plant that produces yellow narrow petaled flowers for most of the summer.

 

Stomatium sp. ex Kelderberg southerland          PRICE 1@ $6.50

I lost track of where this came from although it may have been from a Denver Botanic Gardens collection in any event it is yet another mesemb, Dick liked it enough to whack some cuttings.

 

strobolanthes atropurpurea PRICE 1@ $8.00

In the Acanthacaea, an erect branching perennial to 2m native to Siberia, or the Himalayas depending on whom you read, with the unlikely name of Mexican Petunia??? No doubt due to the spikes of 2" tubular blue purple flowers that are bent into a hook shape; see photo in Rix, we just have a few.

 

Succisella inflexa 'Frosted Pearls'    PRICE 1@ $6.50

I had Succisella confused with Succisa, which is a monotypic Teasel relative, the only species being Succisa pratensis; therefore Succisa inflexa caught my eye which had corrupted it from Succisella. The photo on the Jelitto website didn’t suck but what to make of this succubus daemon spawn plant with it’s kinky frosted pearls and rigid parts? Be daring plant this sucker, you’ll thank me later (pearls are fine but I prefer blacks to frosted).

 

Symphandra zanzegur ... PRICE 1@ $6.50

A fantastic Campanula relative from Armenia, by far my favorite in the genus, soundly perennial it forms upright heavily branched mounds a foot or more high, smothered all summer in a continuing succession of broadly bell shaped flowers, hyaline miracles, diaphanous in tone and texture. As Farrer says the genus suffers from coming so very close beneath the tyrannous shadow of Campanula which obliterates all rivals or rather forbids all approach” don’t cave in to Campanula terrorism, strike a blow for the free Symphandra alliance, it’s time to kick ass and take names.

 

Symphytum ibericum ........ PRICE 1@ $6.50

Like many plants the solid green form flowers much heavier than the variegated version, this puts on an impressive floral display so much so that I actually prefer it to ‘Goldsmith’.

 

Symphytum ibericum 'Goldsmith' PRICE 1@ $12.00

A dwarf Comfrey with broad gold variegation, its rather showy but like many variegated plant it tends to throw all green shoots, which can overgrow it if not removed.

 

Synthris pinnatifida var. laciniata Ratko 99-475      PRICE 1@ $12.00

Its true I have done miserably with synthris over the years; seeing where these were collected, it is not surprising, (moist alpine tundra in gravelly soils at the base of late melting snow banks). In fact this is the first large batch that has ever done well; the dense tufts of deeply laciniated bright green orbicular leaves and feathery deep purple flowers on 2” spikes which emerge before the leaves are worth the fuss; Ron’s collection at 11,800’ on Delano peak in the Tushar Mts.