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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

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Semiarundinaria

(Gramineae - grass family)

Medium size running bamboos native to Japan and E. Asia. The clasping leaves (culm leaves) which protect the shoot as it is developing remain attached to new culms for some time after the culms reach their full height. These persistent culm leaves give the plants a rather distinctive appearance. Frequently cultivated as garden ornamentals in their native region.

fastuosa viridis

max ht 35' • max culm dia 1½" • min temp -5°F

Narihara bamboo; Japanese palm tree bamboo

edible, hedge - screen, sun - part shade
Japan

A stately and handsome bamboo, with straight, vertical culms. A relatively slow spreader, and quite cold hardy. Long inter- nodes reportedly make culms of this variety a suitable material for making flutes. Culms are straight and round, wood is relatively weak. We do not have a rating available for the eating quality of the shoots, but the shoots of the species (Semiarundinaria fastuosa) of which this is a variety are described as being sweet even when raw.

less than (<) 1½' tall, cat # 8T4D1 $24.95 each.
1½'-3' tall, cat # 8T4D2 $35.95 each.

okuboi

max ht 25' • max culm dia 1½" • min temp 0°F

(bamboo)

container, screen, sun - part shade

Japan (Semiarundinaria villosa) The relatively broad leaves are covered on the underside with soft hairs. A fast spreading species.

less than (<) 1½' tall, cat # 8T4G1 $24.95 each.
less than (<) 1½' tall, cat # 8T4G2 $35.95 each.