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Genus: S

Sagina: Corsican moss
Salvia: pineapple sage
Sambucus: sweet elderberry
Sanguinaria: bloodroot
Saponaria: Mediterranean pink
Sasa: bamboo
Sasaella: bamboo
Sassafras: sassafras
Saururus: lizard's tail
Saxifraga: strawberry begonia
Schizachyrium: bunchgrass; little bluestem
Scirpus: bulrush
Sedum: (sedum); golden moss; wall pepper; wild stonecrop; worm grass; yellow stonecrop
Semiarundinaria: bamboo
Sempervivum: cobweb houseleek; common houseleek; hens-and-chickens
Senecio: golden groundsel
Shibataea: bamboo
Silene: fire pink
Silphium: cup plant
Sisyrinchium: pointed blue-eyed grass
Sorghastrum: Indian grass
Spartina: variegated prairie cordgrass
Sphagnum: sphagnum moss
Spigelia: Indian pink
Spiraea: meadowsweet
Sporobolus: prairie dropseed
Stachys: Betony; hedge nettle; woundwort
Stokesia: Stokes' aster
Stylophorum: celandine poppy; wood poppy
Styrax: Japanese snowbell tree
Symphytum: comfrey

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Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Sasaella

(Gramineae - grass family)

A genus of primarily low-growing, Japanese bamboos.

masamuneana albostriata

max ht 6' • max culm dia ¼" • min temp 0°F

(variegated bamboo)

container, ground cover, part shade - sun
Japan

The distinctive, thick leaves are dark green striped with white or cream. Prefers partial shade.

less than (<) 1' tall, cat # 8T1N1 $15.95 each.
1'-2' tall, cat # 8T1N2 $26.95 each.

species #1

max ht 2' • max culm dia ⅛" • min temp -10°F

(bamboo)

container, ground cover, sun - part shade

A moderately fast spreader, forming a dense cover. We are attempting to identify this species, but at present its identity remains uncertain. It is probably a Sasaella. In any case, it has been one of the most cold hardy of the bamboos which we have tested outdoors.

less than (<) 1' tall, cat # 8T1V1 $14.95 each.
1'-2' tall, cat # 8T1V2 $25.95 each.