Sanguisorba 'Little Angel' has cream and green foliage and masses of reddish flower heads.

Sanguisorba obtusa 'Alba' is an unpretentious beauty with long, curving, pipe cleaner-like blooms that sway above attractive pinnate foliage.

Sarcococca humilis Winter Gem has red buds and sepals which give the fragrant blooms a bicolour effect.

Sasa kurilensis 'Shimofuri' has long, variegated foliage up to 10x2" long and wide with thin white parallel stripes.

Saxifraga stolonifera 'Harvest Moon' is a strawberry begonia with golden foliage with hints of burgundy and pink-white flowers.

Saxifraga stolonifera 'Tricolor', the strawberry geranium or begonia, has variegated green, white, pink and maroon foliage.

Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (syn. Haemanthus) is an extra large form with magnificent 10 inch orange globes.

Scadoxus pole-evansii (syn. Haemanthus) is a stunning species that can reach four feet high with umbels of salmon orange.

Scadoxus puniceus (syn. Haemanthus) has beautiful clusters of golden anthers held on red filaments with burgundy bracts.

Schefflera delavayi is a lush and tropical but totally hardy shrub or small tree at the cutting edge of woody horticulture.

Sciadopitys verticillata, the Japanese umbrella pine, is an ancient conifer with long, thick needles held like the spokes of an umbrella.