Low growing, to 6″ high, and tough. Will form lots of stems with tiny cream and green striped leaves. Works great on slopes and hillsides. Makes a good contrast plant for bonsais.
Cactus and Succulents - Part Shade
Sedum lucidum
Round fat leaves in compact rosettes on short stems. Red edged in sun. White flowers with red centers. Will grow along the ground, scrambling over rocks, trailing over walls and rooting as it goes.
Sedum makinoi “Limelight”
Small lime-green sedum, trailing stems. Can be planted between pavers. Yellow flowers in summer attract butterflies.
Sedum makinoi “Ogon”
Fast growing hybrid yellow groundcover, tiny leaves, prefers some shade.
Sedum nanifolium
Tiny green round-leafed groundcover
Sedum oaxacanum
Lush, thick springy groundcover of tiny thick-leafed rosettes, up to 6″ tall. Yellow star flowers.
Sedum palmeri
Trailing stonecrop, grows 6-8″ tall. Yellow flowers.
Sedum Sunsparkler “Blue Pearl”
Great border plant, robust clumps. Leaves are plum purple with a blue overtone. Large pink flower sprays in late summer. Attractive to butterflies; deer resistant. Semi-deciduous.
Sedum Sunsparkler “Firecracker”
Mint green leaves turn burgundy red in fall. Heat and cold tolerant. Sprawls, makes a good rock garden plant or in hanging baskets. Semi-deciduous.
Selenicereus anthonyanus
Cryptocereus anthonyanus
Epiphytic species; bright green flat stems; night-blooming red/yellow
Sempervivum
Small to medium-sized alpine succulents. Cold hardy, but generally do not like heat.
Sempervivum arachnoideum “Cebense”
Small alpine succulent covered with spider-web-like white hairs
Senecio anteuphorbium
Shrubby 3 to 5ft.; yellow flowers
Senecio cephalophorus
Spoon shaped blue leaves topped with puffball-like orange flower clusters. Drought tolerant. Frost tender.
Senecio crassissimus
Shrubby 2 to 4ft.; bright red tipped ovoid leaves
Senecio peregrinus
Fascinating little diving dolphin-shaped thick ovoid leaves leaping all over the long trailing stems. Rot-prone, keep dry. Bluish hue with more sun.
Senecio radicans
Thick ovoid leaves on long trailing stems. Rot-prone, keep dry.
Senecio rowleyanus
Thick round leaves on long trailing stems. Rot-prone, keep dry.
Senecio rowleyanus “Variegata”
Thick round variegated leaves on long trailing stems. Rot-prone, keep dry.
Senecio scaposus
Stemless clumps of silver finger-like leaves, 6-12″. Yellow daisy blooms. Drought tolerant.
Senecio stapeliiformis
Winter-growing, upright variegated stems will recline as they grow tall. Bright red pom-pom bloom sprays.
Sesamothamnus lugardii
Curious spiny shrub, with enlarged Pachycaul base.
Seyrigia marnieri
Climbing succulent in the Cucurbitaceae family. Slender round stems, small flowers. Fleshy ovate fruit.
Sinningia cardinalis
Tuberous caudex, large leaves. Cardinal-red tubular blooms
Sinningia tubiflora
Tuberous caudex to 6″, stems to 12″. One of the few caudexes that can grow from leaf cuttings.
Sinocrassula yunnanensis
Small dark rosettes will form small clusters. Small rounded leaves. Bloom stalks appear above the rosettes, small white flowers. Very cold hardy, keep dry in winter. Grow best with moderate sun, can handle full sun or even light shade.
Stapelia flavopurpurea
Stapeliad with fragrant 1″ star-shaped yellow flowers. Thick upright stems.
Stapelia gettleffii
Soft stems to 6″h., generally erect; large hairy burgundy blooms
Stapelia gigantea
Large hairy reddish carrion flowers, to 12″ across.
Stapelia grandiflora
Soft stems to 12″h., generally erect; carrion blooms, 6″ to 24″