Plants A-Z

Solanum crispum

Native to Chile and Peru. Modest (even shrubby) climber to 12 ft., with ovate to lance-shaped, soft gr...

Solanum laxum

Potato vine

From Brazil, this vine twines rapidly to 30 ft. Purplish-tinged, arrow-shaped, 1/2 –3-in.-long l...

Solanum rantonnetii

As freestanding plant, it makes a shrub 8–12 ft. tall and 6–10 ft.wide, but it can be stak...

Solanum xantii

FromCalifornia. Erect or sprawlingto 2–3 ft. high and 3 ft. wide.Ovate green leaves to 1 3/4 in.long. ...

Soleirolia soleirolii

Baby’s Tears

Native to the western Mediterranean, this ground cover grows 2 to 4 in. high, spreading indefinitely b...

Solenostemon scutellarioides

Coleus

Group of tropical plants (sometimes sold as Coleus blumei) grown for brilliantly colored leaves. Blue ...

Sollya heterophylla

Australian Bluebell Creeper

Native to Australia. This is a loose, spreading shrub 2 to 3 ft. high, 4 to 5 ft. wide. Given support ...

Sophora arizonica

Nativeto Arizona. Grows slowly to 3–10 ft. tall and wide. Dark gray-greenleaves have five to nine1/2–1...

Sophora japonica

Japanese Pagoda Tree

Native to China, Korea. Grows at a moderate rate to 50 to 70 ft. high and wide. Young wood is smooth, ...

Sophora secundiflora

Mescal Bean

From Texas, New Mexico, Northern Mexico. Reaches 15 to 25 ft. tall, 10 to 15 ft. wide; very slow growi...

Sorbaria sorbifolia

False Spirea

Native toeastern Asia. Grows to 3–8 ft.tall, 10 ft. wide. Leaves 6–12 in.long; flower plumes to 1 ft. ...

Sorbus americana

Mountain Ash

Tree orshrub. From easternNorth America. To 10–30 ft.tall and wide. Dark green leaveswith paler unders...