Deciduous trees
Spiny Oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
An attractive, evergreen, densely leaved shrub up to 7 m tall, with spreading branches and short thick spines
Plants
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Deciduous trees
Spiny hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata
A small tree or large shrub with an asymmetrical crown. Branches are covered with thorns. Leaves obovate, glabrous, dark green. Flowers in May–June, gathered in loose inflorescences of 6–12 small white or pink flowers. …
Climbing plants
Spiny moonflower
С. aculeatum
Herbaceous, strongly branching vine, over 3 m in height, with shoots up to b m long, bearing large leaves that are heart-shaped at the lower part and three-lobed on the upper parts of the shoots, which form a water- and…
Flowering shrubs
Spiraea Vanhouttei
Spiraea vanhouttei
A deciduous, fast-growing shrub of the Rosaceae family. The crown is dense and broadly spreading; branches droop to the ground and are densely covered with white, umbel-like hemispherical clusters. Leaves rhombic, coars…
Deciduous shrubs
Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet
Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet
A cultivar of Spiraea japonica. A dwarf, dense, spreading shrub with lanceolate leaves; young leaves orange-red, older ones bright yellow. Flowers bright pink. Fruits – glossy capsules
Conifers
Spiral fir
Homolepis Sieb. et Zucc.
Spiral fir (Homolepis Sieb. et Zucc.) - a brief description of the species for Your Garden
Flowers for the garden
Spiral lady's-tresses
Spiranthes spiralis
A plant with a short rhizome and tubers. Stem 10–25 cm tall; basal leaves die back by the time of flowering, but at that time a rosette of ovate leaves of the next year's shoots is developed. Inflorescence rather dense,…
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Spiral vallisneria
Vallisneria spiralis
Spiral vallisneria is one of the most common aquatic plants for aquariums. Its long, ribbon-like, bright green leaves are spirally twisted and form dense growths that reach the surface even of relatively deep aquariums.
Flowering shrubs
Spirea or Tavolga
Spiraea
A genus of deciduous shrubs in the Rosaceae family. A decorative, fast-growing shrub with a varied crown. Leaves alternate, on short petioles, simple. Flowers small, gathered in fascicled, paniculate, umbel-like, or sem…
Indoor plants
Splendid Pancratium
Pancratium speciosum
The flowers are extraordinarily delicate and original, fragrant, invariably white, borne in loose inflorescences of 10. In structure they resemble a narcissus: a wide cylindrical corona is surrounded by a ring of six lo…
Flowers for the garden
Spotted Ixia
Ixia maculata
The corm is rounded, about 3 cm in diameter. The stem is leafy, up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are basal, narrow, lanceolate. Flowers in mid-summer.
Flowers for the garden
Spotted arum
Arum maculatum L
Attractive for the distinctive shape of its reddish-green, greenish or brown spathe and its red fruits.
Flowers for the garden
Spotted dead-nettle
Lamium maculatum
This species has long been known in horticulture as a groundcover plant with semi-evergreen leaves.
Flowers for the garden
Spotted lady's-slipper, speckled
С. guttatum
A small plant with a long creeping rhizome. Stem 15 - 30 cm tall. Leaves elliptic, pointed, 6 - 12 cm long, densely hairy beneath along the veins and at the margins.
Flowers for the garden
Spreading Oreorchis
Oreorchis patens
Oreorchis has a chain-like rhizome. Leaf solitary, leathery, sword-shaped, pointed, appearing in the second half of summer, overwintering and dying back by July. Leaf length up to 25 cm, width 2.5 cm. Inflorescence a ma…
Deciduous shrubs
Spreading St John's-wort
Hypericum patulum
Semi-evergreen, highly branched shrub, 0.7-1.2 m in height and width.
Deciduous shrubs
Spreading cotoneaster
Cotoneaster divaricatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson
A species of non-spiny deciduous shrubs of the genus Cotoneaster. Crown erect. Leaves decorative, glossy, dark green, elliptic. Flowers numerous, small, white-pink. Fruits ellipsoid, red
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Spreading knotweed
Polygonum divaricatum
Perennial plant with numerous stems up to 100–150 cm tall, with a brownish tint. Leaves lanceolate, lower ones up to 10 cm long, upper ones up to 6 cm.
Deciduous trees
Spreading plum 'Нигра'
Prunus cerasifera “Nigra”
A large shrub or small tree, 5-8 m tall, 3-5 m wide, initially conical, then broadly rounded, slow-growing
Flowers for the garden
Sprekelia
Sprekelia
Sprekelia formosissima is the only species of this genus found in the wild. It is sometimes called the Aztec Lily because it originates from Mexico and Guatemala, and another of its names is the Templar Lily.
Flowers for the garden
Spring Helenium
Helenium vernalis
Stems erect, about 100 cm tall. Leaves entire, lanceolate, glossy, dark green. Inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter. Ray florets orange; tubular (disc) florets brown. Blooms abundantly from mid-May for 25-30 days.
Flowers for the garden
Spring buttercup, or lesser celandine
Ranunculus ficaria, Ficaria verna
Perennial herbaceous plant. Stem 25–30 cm tall, covered with leaves, slender, ascending, few-flowered, with a cluster of tuberous roots.
Flowers for the garden
Spring snowflake
Leucojum vernum L
Bulbous perennial up to 20 cm tall. Bulb ovoid up to 2 cm in diameter. Leaves broad-lanceolate up to 25 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Flower stalks up to 30 cm long.
Conifers
Spring tamarisk
Tamarix tetrandra purpurea
Spring tamarisk (Tamarix tetrandra purpurea) - a brief description of the species on Your Garden