SENECIO AUREUS — Golden Ragwort. (C-easy) 
Clumps of evergreen basal foliage send up on 24” 
stems many golden daisies to brighten the meadows 
in Spring. Probably our earliest blooming composite 
here in New Jersey. 
SILENE PENNSYLVANICA—Peatpink. (B) Low’ 
clumps which burst into a beautiful bloom of large, 
various shaded pink blossoms in Spring. Dry, rocky 
or sandy places in sun or light shade. 
SILENE VIRGINICA—Fire Pink. (B-easy) 12-24”. 
Showy, vivid crimson flowers. Long blooming in 
Spring and Summer in dry, open woods. 
SISYRINCHIUM GRAMINOIDES — Winged Blue- 
eyed Grass. (B) Really related to the Iris. Nothing 
is more inspiring than a colony of these little flowers 
casting a blue mist over a grassy meadow in late 
Spring. 12”. Will naturalize. 
SMILACINA RACEMOSA — Wild Spikenard. (A) 
24-36” arching stems that bear small white flowers 
in late Spring, followed by many, speckled, aromatic 
berries which turn red and persist into Fall. Wood- 
land plant. 
SOLANUM ACAULEATISSIMUM — Orange Love 
Apple. (C-easy) 30” annual that bears orange fruits 
that will dry for Winter decoration. 
SPHAERALCEA AMBIGUA—Apricot Mallow. (B) 
Apricot colored blossoms with purple stamens over 
downy mounds of crinkly foliage in Summer. From 
western desert slopes and mountains. 
SPIRAEA TOMENTOSA—Steeple Bush. (B-easy) 
60” shrub. Leaves are silvery underneath. Dense 
spires of variable pink in Summer. Sun or light 
shade. Likes moisture. 
STOKESIA LAEVIS—Stoke’s Aster. (C-easy) Forms 
clumps of many 24” stems that bear large, showy, 
blue ‘“‘cornflowers” in Summer. Excellent for cutting. 
Sun or light shade. 
TALINUM PANICULATUM — Coral Flower. (C- 
easy) Long-blooming annual with many 24” stems 
of little rosy blossoms replaced by “coral beads” when 
blossoms fall. Sunny, dry places. 
TECOMA RADICANS — Trumpet Vine. (B) 20’. 
Gorgeous reddish orange “trumpets” in late Summer. 
A favorite of the hummingbird. Sun or light shade. 
THALICTRUM POLYGAMUM—Tall Meadow-rue. 
(B) 72” stalks that bear many open panicles of little, 
white blossoms. Thrives in moist meadows and 
thickets. 
THERMOPSIS CAROLINIAN A— Aaronsrod.(B) 60”. 
Long spikes of large, gold “Lupine” blossoms. Desira- 
ble wildling for hot, dry, sunny places. Tolerates light — 
shade. Blooms in late Spring and early Summer. 
TRADESCANTIA VIRGINIAN A—Spider-lily. (B) 
24”, Showy, blue to purple, three-petaled blossoms 
for weeks starting in May. Woods and thickets but 
does equally well in Sun. Naturalizes. 
TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM — Large - flowered 
Wake-robin. (A) 12” stems bear three leaves at the 
top and are crowned by three large waxy white petals 
which slowly change to a delicate pink. Spring 
blooming in the woods. Slow germinater, usually 
coming up the second Spring. Worthy of your 
patience. 
