Shrubby Senna – Senna wislizenii
Height: 4 – 8 feet Width: 4 – 8 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Sierra Bouquet Fragrant Rain Sage – Leucophyllum pruinosum ‘Sierra Bouquet’
Texas rangers are a large group of popular plants known for their cold tolerance, drought resistance, and their love for hot, sunny climates. ‘Sierra Bouquet’ is a superior selection from the most fragrant species in this group, chosen for its dense silver foliage and heavy blooming habit. Also known as bubble gum sage, this large…
Side Oats Grama – Bouteloua curtipendula
Side Oats Grama is a drought-tolerant clumping grass with bluish green leaf blades and unusual flowering stems. Seed spikes hang on just one side of the flowering stem, resembling oats as they dry and turn brown. Foliage turns a warm golden brown in the fall, and the lower foliage may turn shades of red or…
Shoestring Acacia – Acacia stenophylla
Shoestring Acacia provides southwestern landscapes with a unique and elegant silhouette that is versatile; ideal for framing buildings, fitting into tight spaces, and breaking up large spaces, but also serving well in transition zones and along roadsides or in medians. These trees are exceptionally drought tolerant once established, but they’re also known to tolerate heavy…
Shrimp Plant – Justicia brandegeeana
The true flowers of shrimp plant are actually white with pink or purple spots on the lower lip, but these small white flowers bloom at the end of a long row of colorful bracts that create the overall appearance of, well …something like a shrimp! The pink, salmon, and yellow bracts remain longer than the…
Shasta Daisy – Leucanthemum x superbum
Height: 2 – 4 feet Width: 1 – 2 feet Bloom color: White/Yellow Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 5 Cold hardiness: -10° F
Senita Cactus – Lophocereus schottii
Height: 10 – 20 feet Width: 4 – 10 feet Bloom color: White to Pink Flowering season: Late Spring, Early Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 18° F
Sharkskin Agave – Agave ferdinandi-regis x scabra
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Summer (after 15+ years age) USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 25° F
Shademaster Honeylocust – Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Shademaster’
The deciduous Honeylocust is a visually charming tree that enjoys wide popularity across much of the U.S. due to its tolerance of an incredibly wide range of adverse conditions. This tree survives through extreme cold and heat, and endures alkaline or salty soils, drought, wind and pollution. The thornless cultivar ‘Shademaster’ is a faster growing…