Salvia azurea, 305
Salvia coerulea, 305, 363, 364,
365, 368, 373, 37 4
‘Black and Blue’, 305
Salvia greggii, 305–306, 373,
374
‘Cold Hardy Pink’, 305
‘Furman’s Red’, 305
‘Pink Preference’, 305
‘Texas Wedding’, 305–306
‘Wild Thing’, 306
Salvia guaranitica, 305
Salvia nemorosa, 304
Salvia officinalis, 130, 350
salvia / Salvia, 26, 97, 304,
344
Salvia ×sylvestris, 305 , 347,
354, 356, 358, 359, 367,
37 6, 377
‘Blue Hill’ (‘Blauhugel’),
305
‘East Friesland’
(‘Ostfriesland’), 112, 305
Marcus (‘Haeumanarc’),
305
‘May Night’ (‘Mainacht’),
305
New Dimension Series,
305
‘Plumosa’, 305
‘Rose Queen’, 305
‘Sensation Rose’, 305
Salvia uliginosa, 306, 343, 351,
368, 370, 373, 374
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple
Rain’, 306
sand, 39
Sanguisorba, 353, 358, 367,
371, 376, 377
Sanguisorba obtusa, 306
Sanguisorba officinalis, 306
Sanguisorba tenuifolia
‘Purpurea’, 306
Santolina chamaecyparissus,
306 , 344, 358, 367, 368,
373, 374, 376
cutting back, 11 9
deadheading, 104
disbudding, 116
Santolina chamaecyparissus
var. nana, 307
Saponaria, 350
Saponaria ×lempergii ‘Max
Frei’, 307
Saponaria ocymoides, 307 ,
34 7, 366, 373, 374, 376
‘Sarastro’ bellflower, 180
Saxifraga, 308, 363, 373
Saxifragaceae, 171, 176, 240,
241, 242, 300, 308, 332
Saxifraga stolonifera, 308 ,
374
‘Harvest Moon’, 308
‘Maroon Beauty’, 308
Saxifraga ×urbium, 308
‘Aureopunctata’, 308
Scabiosa, 348, 356, 358, 359,
373, 374, 376
Scabiosa columbaria
‘Butterfly Blue’, 97, 98,
309 , 353
scented oxeye, 126, 326
Schizachyrium scoparium,
228, 229, 344
‘The Blues’, 229
Scotch bluebell, 180
Scrophulariaceae, 336
sea kale, 195
sea lavender, 260
sea pink, 160
seaside goldenrod, 317
sedges, 227
Sedum, 344
Autumn Charm (‘Lajos’),
311
‘Autumn Joy’, 103, 117,
122–123, 134, 311
‘Frosty Morn’, 311
‘Matrona’, 351, 354, 362,
364, 368, 370, 373, 375
‘Neon’, 311
‘Postman’s Pride’, 311
‘Purple Emperor’, 311
Sedum album, 310
‘Orange Ice’, 310
Sedum makinoi ‘Ogon’, 310
Sedum maximum subsp.
ruprechtii ‘Hab Gray’, 311
Sedum rupestre
‘Angelina’, 310 , 358, 365,
373, 37 5
‘Blue Spruce’, 310
Sedum sieboldii, 310
Sedum spurium, 310
‘Dragon’s Blood’, 310
‘Fuldaglut’, 310
‘John Creech’, 310
Sedum telephium ‘Matrona’,
311
seedheads, 104, 105, 129, 362,
363, 364
seedlings, removing, 100,
103, 383
seed production, 87, 95
self-cleaning flowers, 104,
363
self-seeding plants, 100–105,
362, 389
sensitive fern, 212September maintenance,
389–390
Serbian bellflower, 178
Sesleria autumnalis, 229
shaping plants, 91, 111, 112,
113, 126
Shasta daisy, 81, 96, 97, 111,
123, 257
‘Alaska’, 76, 77
short-lived perennials, 348,
390
showy goldenrod, 317
shredded umbrella plant, 325
shrubs, 17, 22, 380
Siberian bugloss, 177
Siberian iris, 69, 79, 80, 103,
105, 251
Sidalcea
‘Loveliness’, 312
‘Oberon’, 312
‘Puck’, 312
Sidalcea malviflora, 312 , 348,
356, 359, 367, 376, 377
Silene, 348, 351
Silene coronaria, 312 , 344,
356, 360, 363, 367, 368,
37 0, 371, 373, 375, 376
‘Alba’, 313
as a “petal dropper”, 100
as self-sowing, 100
Silene dioica ‘Firefly’, 82, 313
Silphium, 315, 364, 371, 375,
376
Silphium integrifolium, 345
Silphium laciniatum,
314 , 344, 345, 351, 355
Silphium perfoliatum, 315 ,
343, 345, 346, 353, 368
Silphium terebinthinaceum,
314, 344, 345, 355
silver-foliaged plants, 25, 32,
64, 104–105, 116, 126
‘Silver King’ artemisia, 163
silvermound artemisia, 116,
165
silver sage, 305
Sisyrinchium angustifolium,
316 , 367, 373, 375, 376
sites, evaluating, 14–19, 57
‘Six Hills Giant’ catmint, 273
skin irritation, 71. See also
Encyclopedia of Perennials
slugs, 65, 68, 384
smooth aster, 323
sneezeweed, 230
sneezewort, 145
‘Snowbank’ boltonia, 176
snow-in-summer, 183