TUTTLE BROTHERS NURSERIES 
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SALVIA 
Azurea grandillora. Long spikes of bright sky-blue flowers during August and 
September. Makes a striking display of color. Thrives in any well drained, sunny 
location. Desirable for cutting. Height 3 feet. 2V4-inch pots; gal. containers. 
Farinacea Blue Bedder. Slowly opening bright blue flowers in late summer. 
Height 2 feet. Sun. 21/4-inch pots; gal. containers. 
Leucantha. Compact round, gray foliaged plant to 3 feet, surmounted in late 
summer and fall by close flowered spikes of royal purple. Sun. Gal. containers. 
Pitcheri. Deep blue. Blooms from late summer until winter. Grows to 3 feet. 
Sun. Gal. containers. 
Splendens. A compact bright foliaged plant growing to 2V2 feet. Blooms con¬ 
tinually through summer and winter, too, if planted in a sunny frost-free location. 
Flowers flaming red. Gal. containers. 
Sutton's Giant Lavender. Long racemes of lavender flowers. Grows to 6 feet. 
Sun. Gal. containers. 
SANTOLINA Chomaecyparissus. Gray, feathery foliaged sub-shrub used prin¬ 
cipally as a low trimmed hedge to border beds. Sun. 2V4-inch pots; gal. 
containers. 
^SAPONARIA ocymoides. Low, half-trailing perennial for the border or rockery. 
Small pink flowers appear over the entire plant in spring and early summer. 
Plant in sun. 21/2-inch pots; gal. containers. 
SAXIFRAGE (Saxifraga). Shade loving perennials that are planted for their 
luxuriant foliage and attractive flowers. 
*Sarmentosa. Will thrive in any shaded, moist location. Creeps close to the 
ground, rooting and forming independent plants as it grows. Even in spots where 
very little light penetrates it will flourish. Leaves are round, 1 to 2 inches in 
diameter, green, heavily veined with white. White flowers on slender, 6-inch 
stems. Valuable in rockeries, baskets or window boxes. 2V2-inch pots; gal. 
containers. 
Stracheyi. Large, 6 to 8-inch leathery leaves. Glossy dark green. Has the 
appearance of being sensitive to frost but is entirely hardy here. Is one of 
our most valuable subjects for shaded locations. Broad, short-stemmed 
panicles of pink, primrose-like flowers appear through winter and spring. 
Grows to 1 V 2 feet in height. Gal. containers. 
SCABIOSA 
Caucasica Isaac House. A low tuft of narrow glistening leaves from which 
rise 1 to 2-foot flower stems. Flowers violet-blue, 1 V 2 to 2 inches in diam¬ 
eter. A most valuable cut flower. Blooms nearly the year around. Sun. 
Gal. containers. 
Caucasica Purple. 2V4-inch pots. 
Columbaria Mixed. Blue and pink.. A free growing variety that bears cutting 
flowers of pink or blue constantly. Grows to 2 feet. Prefers sun. 2V4-inch pots; 
gal. containers. 
Columbaria Pink. 2V4-inch pots; gal. containers. 
SCILLA peruviana. Bears bright blue flowers in large clusters in spring on 10- 
inch stems. Strap-like leaves. Quite hardy. Sun. Gal. containers. 
(*) PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN ROCK GARDENS 
