Water

Stetsonia coryne

Tall columnar to 26ft.; branchy with long spines; night blooms

Stipa arundinacea

Anemathele lessoniana
Evergreen Grass

Very dramatic colors in an arching 3 ft. clump grass. Clay-tolerant, drought-tolerant.

Stipa arundinacea “Sirocco”

Anemathele lessoniana
Evergreen Grass

Ornamental grass with great orange-brown fall color!  Tall maroon bloom spikes in summer. Vigorous grower. Tolerates clay soil, great in pots or as a focal point in the garden.

 

Stipa gigantea

Evergreen Feather-Grass

Very dramatic when used where afternoon sun back-lights the golden cloud of blooms. Can reseed.

Stipa pulchra

Nassella pulchra
Semi-Deciduous Meadow Grass

Classic grasslands plant throughout California. Turns deep golden when dormant in summer. Masses well. Deer resistant.

Strelitzia juncea

Evergreen shrub

Striking narrow-leaved version of the classic Bird of Paradise. Forms large upright clumps filled in Spring and Summer with large orange bird like flowers. Very low water once established.

Strelitzia nicolai

Evergreen shrub

Large leaves, stretching vertically and tree-like, spreading out in a fan. Giant white flowers. Leaves will show damage with high winds, easy to prune. Can grow indoor, but won’t flower.

Strelitzia reginae

Evergreen shrub

Clumps of wide, large leaves, stretching vertically and tree-like, spreading out in a fan. Large orange and blue flowers. Leaves will show damage with high winds, easy to prune.

Strobilanthes dyerianus

Evergreen shrub

Dense evergreen shrub with very attractive paired fuzzy leaves, age to a silvery-gray.

Tacinga inamoena

Charming Opuntia relative with small oblong pads that are spineless and edible. Variable flowers of red and orange in spring.

Tacinga saxatilis

Opuntia saxatilis

Medium prickly pear, sprawls to 3ft, long white soft spines

Tagetes lemmonii “Compacta”

Evergreen Shrub

Compact perennial bush w/ evergreen foliage, fragrant when crushed. Flowers late summer through fall with bright yellow flowers. Butterflies.

Tanacetum densum

Evergreen Perennial

Feathery grey leaves form a dense groundcover. Small yellow flowers pop up 6-12″ above the foliage in spring. Ideal for coastal gardens – can’t take heat.

Tanquana hilmarii

Pairs of small pudgy leaves, mostly solitary; vibrant yellow flowers. Low water.

Tephrocactus geometricus

Tephrocactus alexanderi ssp. geometricus

Stunning globular stems stacked up, will break off and roll with few recumbent spines. Ivory white flowers. Very arid, can handle extreme desert and blazing hot direct sun.

Tephrocactus geometricus f. inermis

Stunning globular stems stacked up, will break off and roll with few recumbent spines. Ivory white flowers. very arid, can handle extreme desert.

 

Tephrocactus turpinii

Opuntia turpinii
Tephrocactus articulatus

Long spineless stems do have small glochids. Upright to 2 feet.

Tephrocactus weberi

Shrubby, with many stems/branches. Very spiny, some flexible. Orange flowers.

Teucrium “Summer Sunshine”

Evergreen Shrub

Bright green foliage makes this small mounding shrub stand out in the garden. Blooms pink flowers summer through fall. Attractive as a groundcover or border plant.

 

Teucrium fruticans “Azurea”

Evergreen Shrub

This Mediterranean evergreen shrub grows well in the Bay Area. Silvery gray foliage. Deep blue flowers cover the plant most of the year – spring thru fall.

Thamnochortus cinereus

Evergreen Feather-Reed Restio

The sparse branched bloom stalks rise like a fountain out of a mass of dense upright dark-green stems. Female and male flowers on separate plants, with silver bracts on female flowers. Protect from frost to maintain full look.

Thelocactus bicolor

Usually solitary, stems can get 15″ high x 6″ around. Magenta flowers fade to white towards the center, and then get very dark below.

Thelocactus macdowellii

Generally solitary, occasionally forms clusters of 4-5″ stems, densely covered in white spines, 2 central tan-colored spines on conical tubercles. Magenta flowers.