Salvia x 'Eveline' (PP14905, CPBR2674)
GARDEN SAGE
- Compact, upright, clump-forming perennial
- Two-toned pink and mauve flowers
- Blooming late spring to midsummer
HEIGHT: 50 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Sambucus canadensis
AMERICAN ELDERBERRY
- Pleasantly fragrant white flowers in a flat-topped cluster
- Purple-black berries in clusters, August to September, will attract birds
- Compound pinnate medium-green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'
GOLDEN ELDERBERRY
- Pleasantly fragrant white flowers in a flat-topped cluster
- Purple-black berries in clusters August to September
- Compound pinnate yellow leaves
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Sambucus nigra Black Lace® ('Eva') (PP15575, CPBR2633)
BLACK LACE® ELDERBERRY
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Pink lemon-scented flowers in a flat-topped cluster
- Purple-black berries in clusters in July if a cross-pollinator is present
HEIGHT: 225-250 cm · SPREAD: 225-250 cm
Sambucus nigra 'Serenade™'
SERENADE™ ELDER
- Large bushy deciduous shrub
- Flat-topped clusters of fragrant white flowers in early summer
- Flowers are followed by tiny black berries which attract birds
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Sambucus nigra Laced Up® ('SNR1292') (PP29051, CPBRAF)
LACED UP® ELDERBERRY
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Formerly known as Strait Laced® elderberry
- Narrow upright form
HEIGHT: 250-275 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Sambucus nigra Sunrise Surprise™ ('Welsh Gold')
SUNRISE SURPRISE™ GOLDEN ELDER
- Deeply serrated golden lacy foliage
- White flowers in early summer followed by bright red berries
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Sambucus pubens
SCARLET ELDERBERRY
- White flowers in a mounded cluster
- Red berries in clusters, June to July, will attract birds
- Compound pinnate medium-green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Sambucus racemosa Lemony Lace™ ('SMNSRD4') (PPAF, CPBRAF)
LEMONY LACE™ ELDERBERRY
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- White flowers appear before the leaves emerge
- Finely dissected foliage is edged in red
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Sanguinaria canadensis
BLOODROOT
- Rhizomatous native woodland perennial
- Solitary cup-shaped white flowers with yellow stamens
- One of the first flowers to appear in spring
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Sanguisorba menziessii
ALASKAN BURNET
- Forms spreading clumps in the garden
- Bottlebrush-like spikes of small crimson-red flowers
- Flowers at the tops of the spikes open first, and working down
HEIGHT: 75-85 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Sanguisorba off. var. mic. 'Little Angel'
DWARF BURNET
- Dense, compact habit
- Evergreen foliage is variegated green and white
- Maroon flowers resembling match heads atop strong slender stems
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Sanguisorba tenuifolia var. parviflora
JAPANESE BURNET
- Nodding bottlebrush spikes of white flowers
- Very narrow attractive leaves
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Saponaria ocymoides
ROCK SOAPWORT
- Trailing mat-forming perennial
- Bears axillary bright pink flowers
- Flowers rise slightly above the foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Saskatoon Berry 'Honeywood'
HONEYWOOD SASKATOON BERRY
- Amelanchier alnifolia 'Honeywood'
- Blueberry-like fruit with excellent flavour
- Great for pies and jams
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Saskatoon Berry 'Lee #3'
LEE #3 SASKATOON BERRY
- Amelanchier alnifolia 'Lee #3'
- Beautiful white blooms in early spring
- Blueberry-like fruit appear in early summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Saskatoon Berry 'Northline'
NORTHLINE SASKATOON BERRY
- Amelanchier alnifolia 'Northline'
- Beautiful white blooms in early spring
- Blueberry-like fruit appear in early summer
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Saskatoon Berry 'Smokey'
SMOKEY SASKATOON BERRY
- Amelanchier alnifolia 'Smokey'
- Beautiful white blooms in early spring
- Blueberry-like fruit appear in early summer
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Sassafras albidum
SASSAFRAS
- Shrubby when young, maturing to a dense, pyramidal crown
- Can spread by root suckers to form colonies
- Clusters of greenish-yellow flowers; dioecious, having separate male and female trees
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 9-12 m
Saxifraga x Touran™ Scarlet ('Rocklet') (PP19000, CPBRAF)
TOURAN™ SCARLET SAXIFRAGE
- Very dense cushion of evergreen foliage
- Cup-shaped scarlet-red flowers
- Flowers are produced on short stems
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Saxifraga x 'Touran™ Pink'
TOURAN™ PINK SAXIFRAGE
- Very dense cushion of evergreen foliage
- Cup-shaped pink flowers
- Flowers are produced on short stems
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
PINCUSHION
- Compact clump-forming perennial
- Outer lavender-blue ruffled petals have domed paler blue stamens
- Centre stamens resemble pins in a pincushion
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Scabiosa columbaria 'Pink Mist' (PP8957, COPF, CPBR1034)
PINCUSHION
- Compact clump-forming perennial
- Outer pink ruffled petals have domed paler pink stamens
- Centre stamens resemble pins in a pincushion
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Schizachyrium scoparium
LITTLE BLUESTEM
- AKA Andropogon scoparius
- Slightly arching clump of blue-green leaves
- Leaves are flame-coloured in the fall and remain showy throughout the winter
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm