Tall columnar to 26ft.; branchy with long spines; night blooms
Water
Stictocardia macalusoi
Perennial Vine
Showy apricot/red trumpet blooms. Large leaves, fast-growing vine.
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.
Stomatium agninum
Pairs of elongate leaves; yellow flowers
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.
Synadenium grantii “Rubra”
Shrub to 10ft, thick variegated leaves; poison milky-white sap
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
Tacitus bellus
Flat 4″ to 6″ rosettes, slowly clumping;
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 articulatus v. inermis
low-spine, branches to 12″, easily break-off for propagation
Tephrocactus articulatus v. papyracanthus
Papery-spines w/glochids. Globular stems, readily propagate by popping off at the joint and rolling away, root easily.
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.
Thelocactus setispinus
Small hedgehog cactus, generally solitary. 5″h x 3″ w.