Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Staphylea trifolia

American Bladder-nut

1

6-7

White

May & June

S. Very hardy. Especially attractive when in bloom and when in fruit in the fall.

Statice latifolia

Sea Lavender

4

2

Blue-purple

July to Sept.

Beautiful tiny flowers in large spreading sprays. Foliage dark green and leathery. One of the best perennials for cutting, also good in the border or rock-garden. A. G. I.

Statice Limonium or maritima

Marsh Rosemary

4

2

Deep blue

July & Aug.

Similar to the preceding, but with flowers in more open sprays; flowers sometimes pink. A. G. I.

Stellaria holostea

Star-wort

4

4-6 in.

White

May to June

Flowers numerous, small and star-shaped. Foliage small, tufted. Good for the rockery or for covering ground where grass cannot be grown. A. G.

Stenanthium occiden-tale or robustum

Mountain Fleece

4

2

White

July & Aug.

Sword-like foliage, light green, resembling that of the Jap. Iris. Flowers bell-shaped, in open spikes about 1 foot long. Good in deep pockets of earth in the rockery. B. C. I.

Stephanandra flexuosa

1

3-4

White

July

S. A beautiful low shrub with very ornamental, deep green, dense foliage. Branches spreading and drooping. Flowers insignificant, in small

terminal panicles. In exposed places it kills to the ground in winter, but regains its growth quickly in the spring. B. C. D. G.

Stipa pennata

Feather-grass

4

11/2

Green

July & Aug.

Tall, grass-like plants with feathery plumes of flowers. Good in clumps in the border or on sandy banks. Very ornamental and useful for making dry bouquets. B. C. H. I.

Stokesia cyanea

Stokes' Aster

4

11/2

Light blue

All summer

Aster-like flowers about 3 inches across. Foliage coarse and rough. An excellent border plant. B. C. I.

Stokesia cyanea var. alba

4

1 1/2

White

All summer

A variety of the above with flowers 3 or 4 inches across, borne in great profusion until very late in the fall. B. C. I.

Stuartia pentagyna

1

6-8

White

July

S. A dense, pyramidal shrub with handsome bright green foliage which turns a brilliant orange-scarlet in autumn. Showy cup-shaped flowers 2 or 3 inches across. Good among coarse shrubs. B. C. F.

Styrax japonica

1

8-15

White

July

S. A small tree or shrub with dull green, rough foliage and spreading branches. Flowers bell-shaped, pendulous, hanging along the branches. Good occasionally among shrubs. B. C. E. G.