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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

Shibataea

(Gramineae - grass family)
Several species of small bamboos from Japan and China. They may prefer partial shade, at least in warm climates.
kumasaca max ht 7' • max culm dia ¼" • min temp -5°F

okame-zasa

Shibataea kumasaca
container, hedge - screen, sun - part shade
Japan

A relatively slow spreader, forming dense clumps. Readily distinguished from other bamboos by their short, broad leaves which give the plants a unique appearance. Tends to show leaf burn when grown in alkaline (or saline) soils; best in moist, acidic soil.

cat # 8U0K
$15.95 each