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ABBREVIATIONS
cv. – is short for cultivar
f. – is short for forma
prev. – is short for previous
sp. – is short for species
spp. – is short for many species of the one genera
ssp. – is short for subspecies
subsp. – is short for subspecies
syn. – is short for synonum
var. – is short for variety

S

Sabal mexicana – 14(20)
Sabal minor – 14(20)
Sabal palmetto – 6(31)
Sabu Spinach – see Alternanthera sissoo
Saccharum edule – 11(82); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Sacred Bali Bamboo – see Schizostachyum brachycladum
Sacred Bamboo – see Nandina; Nandina domestica
Sacred Fig – see Ficus religiosa
Sacred Garlic Pear – see Crateva
Saga – see Adenanthera pavonina
Sage – see Salvia
Sage, Blue – see Eranthemum pulchellum
Sage, Bog – see Salvia uliginosa
Sage, Culinary – see Salvia officinalis
Sage, Fruity – see Salvia dorisiana
Sage, Giant – see Brillantaisia subulugurica
Sage, Indian – see Plectranthus amboinicus
Sage, Pineapple – see Salvia elegans
Sagina – 13(57)
Sagittaria sagittifolia – 4(78); 25(73)
Sago Flower – see Ozothamnus diosmifolius
Sago Palm - see Cycas revoluta
Sago Palm, Ceylon – see Cycas rumphii
Salad Rocket – see Eruca sativa
Salaginella brisbanensis – 13(54)
Salaginella kraussiana ‘Aurea’ – 22(33)
Salaginella pallescens – 22(33)
Salt Bush – see Acalypha wilkesiana
Saltbush, Berry – see Rhagodia spinescens
Saltbush, Hedge – see Rhagodia spinescens
Salvia – 3(43); 5(91); 13(36); 16(16, 70); 17(69); 20(10)
Salvia ‘Black Knight’ – 23(24)
Salvia ‘Costa Rica Blue’ – 3(43)
Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ – 14(34, 35)
Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’ – 14(34)
Salvia ‘Phyllis’ Fancy’ – 14(73); 15(73); 24(26)
Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’ – 23(24)
Salvia chiapensis – 3(43)
Salvia coccinea – 14(35)
Salvia coccinea bi-color – 14(33)
Salvia coerulea ‘Black and Blue’ – 24(26)
Salvia confertiflora – 19(12)
Salvia dorisiana – 14(34)
Salvia elegans – 11(82); 14(34); also see Salvia rutilans
Salvia elegans ‘Golden Delicious’ – 22(33)
Salvia farinosa – 15(70); 16(70); 17(68); 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 21(68); 22(71); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Salvia gauranitica ‘Black and Blue’ – 14(35); see Salvia coerulea ‘Black and Blue’
Salvia gesneriiflora – 14(34)
Salvia grahamii – 14(34)
Salvia greggii – 3(43); 14(34)
Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ – 13(36)
Salvia guaranitica ‘Costa Rica Blue’ – 14(73)
Salvia hispanica (chia)– 17(67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Salvia involucrata – 14(34); 15(73); 24(34, 35)
Salvia involucrata ‘Bethellii’ – 24(35)
Salvia iodanthe – 13(34)
Salvia leucantha – 3(43); 14(34, 73); 24(26)
Salvia leucantha ‘Midnight’ – 20(13)
Salvia madrensis – 14(33)
Salvia mellisodora – 3(43)
Salvia mexicana – 3(43)
Salvia microphylla – 3(43); 14(34)
Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’ – 14(35)
Salvia officinalis – 5(69); 11(82); 14(34)
Salvia rhyncophylla – 18(66)
Salvia rutilans – 17(51)
Salvia splendens – 14(33, 73); 15(73); 16(70); 17(68); 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 21(68); 22(71); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Salvia uliginosa – 14(35); 24(26)
Salvia waverly – 13(35)
Salvinia molesta – 8(37)
Samanea saman – 6(28); 8(53); 11(54, 55); 22(34); 25(43)
Samba Spinach – see Alternanthera sissoo
Saintpaulia ionantha – 26(18)
Sanchezia nobilis – see Sanchezia speciosa
Sanchezia speciosa – 12(67); 14(85); 15(71, 73); 16(41); 20(36); 24(21)
Sanchezia spectabilis – see Sanchezia speciosa
Sandalwood, False – see Eremophila mitchellii
Sandpaper Fig - see Ficus scobina, Ficus opposite, Ficus fraseri
Sandpaper Vine - see Petrea volubilis
Sansevieria – 2(23)
Sansevieria ‘Tom Thumb’ - 2(14)
Sansevieria trifasciata - 2(14); 7(29); 9(34)
Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’ – 18(31)
Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Moonshine’ – 9(36)
Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Silver Hahnii’ – 9(36)
Santalum acuminatum – 9(62-63)
Sanvitalia procumbens – 16(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Sapium sebiferum – 16(18)
Sapodilla – see Manilkara zapota
Sapote – see Diospyros digyna
Saraca cauliflora – 9(56); 16(42); see Saraca declinata or Saraca thaipingensis
Saraca declinata – 21(35)
Saraca thaipingensis – 25(14)
Saraca Tree – see Saraca thaipingensis
Sarchochilus – should be Sarcochilus
Sarcocephalus latifolius – 15(78)
Sarcochilus – 16(41)
Sarcochilus falcatus – 9(68)
Sarcotoechia serrata – 5(17); 22(79)
Sarracenia – 22(39)
Sarracenia flava – 22(39)
Sarracenia leucophylla – 22(39)
Sarracenia minor – 22(39)
Sarracenia psittacina – 22(39)
Sarracenia purpurea – 22(39)
Sarracenia rubra – 22(39)
Sarsaparilla, Sweet – see Smilax glyciphylla
Sasanqua – see Camellia sasanqua
Sasparilla Vine – see Hardenbergia violacea
Sassafras – see Doryophora sassafras
Satin Leaf Philodendron – see Philodendron gloriosum
Satinash – see Syzygium alatoramulum
Satinash, Pink – see Syzygium malaccense
Sauropus albiflorus – 12(71)
Sauropus androgynus – 8(60, 81); 14(53); 16(68, 69)
Sausage Tree – see Kigelia africana
Savoury – 5(69)
Scadoxus - 1(12); 23(18, 19)
Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae – 8(39); 12(65); 19(23)
Scadoxus puniceus – 14(23); 15(71)
Scaevola - 1(73, 78); 9(61)
Scaevola aemula – 3(54); 7(9, 11); 9(41); 10(48); 13(31); 24(34, 37)
Scaevola albida – 9(41)
Scaevola calendulacea – 9(41)
Scaevola humilis – 9(41)
Scaevola ramosissima – 9(41)
Scaevola sericea – 6(13, 14, 17); also see Scaevola taccada
Scaevola taccada – 24(85); also see Scaevola sericea
Scale – 6(7); 7(7); 18(64)
Scarlet Comb – see Combretum coccineum
Scarlet Fire-spike – see Odontonema cuspidatum
Scarlet Fuschia – see Graptophyllum excelsum
Scarlet Gum – see Corymbia phoenicea; Eucalyptus phoenicea
Scarlet Milkweed – see Asclepias curassavica
Scarlet Passion Flower – see Passiflora coccinea
Scarlet Sage – see Salvia splendens
Scarlet Spiral Flag – see Costus woodsonii
Scented Bells – see Rothmannia manganjae
Scented Gardenia Bush – see Larsenaikia ochreata
Schaueria calicotricha – see Schaueria flavicoma
Schaueria flavicoma – 21(83)
Schefflera actinophylla – 3(41); 8(77); 13(60)
Schefflera arboricola ‘Mrs. De Smet’– 14(12)
Schefflera arboricola cultivars – 16(18); 24(32)
Schefflera elegantissima – 3(41)
Schizolobium parahyba – 6(31)
Schizostachyum brachycladum – 14(13)
Schlumbergera truncata – 11(48); 15(34); 16(18)
Schoenoplectus – 17(46)
Schoenoplectus mucronatus – 22(53)
Schoenus – 17(46)
Schotia brachypetala – 12(65)
Scilla socialis – see Ledebouria socialis
Scilla violacea – see Ledebouria violacea
Scindapsus siamense – 9(34, 36)
Scleranthus – 13(57)
Scorpion fly – 26(54)
Scrambling Lily – see Geitonoplesium cymosum
Screw Pine - see Pandanus
Scribbly Gum - see Eucalyptus haemastoma
Scrub Cherry – see Syzygium australe
Scrub Ironbark – see Acacia fasciculifera
Scuttellaria costaricana – 15(73); 26(10)
Sdia retusa – see Sida rhombifolia
Sea Bean – see Canavalia rosea
Sea Grape – see Coccoloba uvifera
Sea Hibiscus – see Hibiscus tiliaceus
Sea Lettuce – see Scaevola sericea; Scaevola taccada
Sea Mango – see Cerbera manghas
Sea Urchin Hakea – see Hakea petiolaris
Sea-coast Laburnum – see Sophora tomentosa
Sealing Wax Palm – see Cyrtostachys renda
Seashore Paspalum - see Paspalum vaginatum
Seaside Daisy – see Erigeron karvinskianus
Seaweed – 15(49)
Sechium edule (choko) – 7(74); 14(55); 16(68, 69); 17(52-55, 67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66, 67); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Sedum – see 18(28)
Sedum makinoi ‘Ogon’ – 22(33)
Sedum mexicanum ‘Gold Mound’ – 19(38); 21(29); 22(33)
Sedum morganianum – 15(34); 21(82)
Sedum pachyphyllum – see Sedum x rubrotinctum
Sedum sp. – 10(83)
Sedum x rubrotinctum ‘Aurea’ – 8(16) – should be Sedum x rubrotinctum ‘Aurora’
Sedum x rubrotinctum ‘Aurora’ – 7(42)
Seersucker Plant – see Geogenanthus undatus
Selenium – 17(49)
Self Heal – see Prunella vulgaris
Semi-deciduous (term) – 26(41)
Sempervirum - 1(73)
Senecio cineraria – 15(70); now named Jacobaea maritima
Senecio confuses – see Pseudogynoxis chenopodioides
Senecio crassissimus - 2(14); 8(18)
Senecio jacobsenii – 16(77)
Senecio rowleyanus – 15(34, 35)
Senecio tropalifolias – 8(18)
Senna – 17(46)
Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia – 21(42, 45)
Senna magnifolia – 12(35)
Senna magnifolia – 7(11)
Senna siamea – 4(68); 14(73); 15(73)
Sensitive Plant, Common – see Mimosa pudica
Serenity Fern – see Microlepia strigosa
Sericesthis geminata – 11(87)
Serissa foetida – see Serissa japonica
Serissa japonica – 12(71); 16(72)
Sesbania grandiflora (vegetable hummingbird) – 9(78); 11(83); 17(67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Setaria palmifolia – 11(82); 14(53); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(68, 71); 25(39)
Shallots – see Allium cepa aggregatum
Shannon’s Tecomanthe – see Tecomanthe dendrophylla ‘Shannon’
Shasta Daisy – see Leucanthemum x superbum
Shaving Bush Tree - see Pseudobombax; Bombax
Sheep Sorrel – see Rumex acetosella
Shell Ginger - see Alpinia zerumbet
Sheoak - see Casuarina; Allocasuarina
Shirley Poppy – see Papaver rhoeas
Shooting Star – see Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum cultivar
Shower of Gold – see Cassia fistula
Shower of Orchids – see Congea tomentosa
Shrimp Plant – see Justicia brandegeeana
Shrimp Plant, Orange – see Aphelandra sinclairiana
Shrimp Plant, White – see Justicia betonica
Shrub Ipomoea – see Ipomoea carnea
Sida rhombifolia – 21(17)
Silica/Silicon – 15(49); 16(53)
Silk Crepe Flower – see Dalechampia aristolochiifolia
Silk Floss Tree – see Chorisia speciosa; Ceiba speciosa
Silk Floss Tree, Red – see Bombax ceiba
Silk-cotton Tree – see Ceiba pentandra
Silky Myrtle – see Decaspermum humile
Silky Oak – see Grevillea robusta
Silky Tradescantia – see Cyanotis foecunda
Silver Beet – 10(87); 14(71); 15(69); 16(66, 69); see Beta vulgaris; Beta vulgaris var. cicla; Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Silver Blue Tuckeroo – see Cupaniopsis sp aff flagelliformis ‘curvidentata’
Silver Brake – see Pteris argyrea
Silver Butterfly Bush – see Buddleja ‘Silver Anniversary’
Silver Date Palm – 5(50)
Silver Dollar Maidenhair – see Adiantum peruvianum
Silver Falls – see Dichondra argentea
Silver Fan Palm – see Livistonia muelleri
Silver Gazania – see Gazania rigens var. leucolaena
Silver Lady fern – see Blechnum gibbum ‘Silver Lady’
Silver Leaf – see Argophyllum nullumense
Silver Phoenix Palm – see Phoenix sylvestris
Silver Plectranthus – see Plectranthus argentatus
Silver Ponyfoot – Dichondra argentea
Silver Quill – see Ledebouria socialis; Ledebouria violacea
Silver Satin Pothos – see Scindapsus siamense
Silver Streak Ginger – see Zingiber collinsii
Silver Trumpet Tree – see Tabebuia aurea; Tabebuia argentea
Silver Vase – see Aechmea fasciata
Silver Wattle – see Acacia neriifolia
Silverbeet – see Silver Beet
Silverbush – see Sophora tomentosa
Silver-leaved Paperbark - see Melaleuca argentea; Melaleuca dealbata
Silver-leaved Princess Flower – see Tibouchina heteromalla
Sinapis alba subsp. alba – see Brassica hirta
Sinclair’s Aphelandra – see Aphelandra sinclairiana
Singapore Daisy – see Sphagneticola trilobata
Singapore Holly – see Malpighia coccigera
Singapore Walking Stick Palm – see Rhopaloblaste singaporensis
Singapore White Frangipani – see Plumeria obtusa
Sinningia canescens – 17(84)
Sinningia leucotricha – 17(84)
Siphonochilus – 22(26); 23(19)
Siphonochilus decorus – 18(80); 23(19)
Siphonochilus kirkii – 18(cover, 3, 80); 22(26)
Siro Shadegro – see Panicum laxum
Sky Flower – see Duranta erecta
Skullcap – see Scutellaria costaricana
Sleeping Hibiscus – see Malvaviscus arboreus; Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Slender Brake Fern, Variegated – see Pteris ensiformis ‘Evergemiensis’
Slender Mint – see Mentha diemenica
Slender Panic Grass – see Paspalidium criniforme
Slender Weaver’s Bamboo – see Bambusa textilis var. gracilis
Slipper Orchid – see Paphiopedilum
Slug Herb – see Murdannia graminea
Small Leaf Lillypilly – see Syzygium leuhmannii
Small Leaved Tamarind – see Diploglottis campbellii
Small Leaved Tuckeroo – see Cupaniopsis parvifolia
Small Leaved Wax Flower – see Philotheca difformis subsp. smithiana
Smallanthus sonchifolius – 14(53); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(54-55, 70); 21(71)
Small-leaved Plum  Myrtle – see Pilidiostigma rhytispermum
Smell of the Bush – see Mallotus claoxyloides
Smilax australis – 17(34, 35)
Smilax glyciphylla – 22(54)
Smoke Bush – see Cotinus coggygria
Smoke Bush, Tropical – see Euphorbia cotinifolia
Smooth Bark Apple Gum - see Angophora costata
Smooth Davidson’s Plum – see Davidsonia johnsonii
Smooth Nardoo – see Marsilea mutica
Smooth Psychotria – see Psychotria daphnoides
Smooth-leaved Lolly Bush – see Clerodendrum floribundum
Smut – 5(82-83)
Snail Creeper – see Vigna caracalla; Phaseolus caracalla
Snail Flower – see Vigna caracalla
Snails and slugs – 12(28)
Snake Bean – 14(71); see Vigna unguiculata var. sequipedalis
Snake Gourd - see Trichosanthes anguina, Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina
Snake Lily – see Amorphophallus bulbifer
Snake Plants - see Amorphophallus bulbifer
Snake Vine – see Hibbertia scandens
Snakeskin Fishtail Palm – see Caryota ophiopellis
Snakeskin Lily - see Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
Snap peas - see Pisum sativum
Snapdragon – 3(90); see Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon, Climbing – see Maurandya barclayana; Asarina barclayana
Snow Bush – see Breynia nivosa ‘Pacific Snow’; Breynia disticha
Snow in Summer – see Melaleaca linariifolia
Snow Peas – see Pisum sativum
Snowflake – see Euphorbia leucocephala; Leucojum aestivum
Snowflake Tree – see Trevesia palmata
Snow-on-the-mountain – see Euphorbia marginata
Snowpeas – 10(87); also see Pisum sativum
Sobralia decora – 26(83)
Sobralia sessilis – see Sobralia decora
Society Garlic - see Tulbaghia violacea
Sodium – 15(49); 16(52, 53)
Soft Caned Dendrobium – see Dendrobium
Soil

• additives/ameliorants – 4(31); 13(72-77, 81); 16(52-53); 17(48-49); 23(69)
• cation exchange – 15(48); 16(53)
• compaction – 22(15)
• condition - 9(84); 13(72-77, 81)
• depth – 4(31); 9(84); 12(18)
• fertilisers, nutrients – 13(77, 83); 15(49); 23(70)
• grey water damage – 13(64)
• hydrophobic - 4(31)
• measuring – 9(84)
• microbes – 22(15); 23(70)
• myth busting - 7(64-65)
• no-dig – 23(50-51)
• pH - 3(89); 15(48); 16(52)
• raised beds – 22(57); 23(51)
• seasonal work – 14(69)
• shallow soil – 9(85)
• sodic soils – 16(52)
• soil food web – 13(73)
• soil type - 3(88,89); 4(31); 12(17)

Solandra maxima – 1(74)
Solandra maxima ‘Variegata’– 13(43)
Solandra nitida - 1(74); should be Solandra maxima
Solanum betaceum – 19(59); 24(54-56)
Solanum centrale – 9(62, 63)
Solanum chippendalei – 9(63)
Solanum ellipticum – 9(63)
Solanum jasminoides - 1(74); 16(73)
Solanum lycopersicum – 14(55); 17(67); 18(67); 19(56, 67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70); also see Lycopersicon esculentum
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme – 17(67); 18(67); 19(56, 67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70); also see Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme
Solanum mammosum – 14(73)
Solanum melongena (eggplant/aubergine) – 17(67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68)
Solanum pimpellifolium – see Lycopersicon pimpellifolium
Solanum rantonnetii – see Lycianthes rantonnetii
Solanum tuberosum – 14(53); 19(20, 73); 20(70); 21(71); 22(65)
Solanum wendlandii – 8(40); 11(40); 13(31); 14(73); 17(73); 20(11); 26(31, 32)
Soleirolia soleirolii ‘Gold Pool’ – 22(33)
Solenopsis invicta – 12(89)
Solenostemon – 16(70)
Solenostemon scutellarioides – 10(69); 12(54, 59); 13(54); 16(70); 17(68, 69); 18(24, 68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); also see Plectranthus scutellarioides
Solidago – 12(13)
Solidago virgaurea – 16(73)
Solitaire Palm – see Ptychosperma elegans
Soloman Island Shell Ginger – see Alpinia purpurata var. alba
Song of India – see Dracaena reflexa
Song of Jamaica – see Dracaena reflexa
Sophora tomentosa – 21(15)
Sophrocattleya – 14(30)
Sophrolaeliocattleya – 14(30)
Sophronitis– 14(30)
Sophronitis Richard Mueller – 21(79)
Sorghum halepense – 12(89)
Sorrel (vegetable) – 16(68)
Sorrel, French – see Rumex scutatus
Sorrel, Garden – see Rumex acetosa
Sorrel, Sheep – see Rumex acetosella
Southern evergreen – see Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’
Sowerbaea juncea – 6(77)
Sowing seed – 21(19)
Spanish Shawl – see Centradenia grandifolia; Dissotis rotundifolia, Osbeckia rotundifolia
Spanish Thyme – see Plectranthus amboinicus
Spathiphyllum - 1(35); 2(18); 5(88); 7(23, 28); 12(54); 15(73); 25(32)
Spathiphyllum ‘Golden Glow’ – 22(33)
Spathiphyllum ‘Sweet Pablo’ – 25(14)
Spathodea campanulata – 6(31); 24(44)
Spathoglottis – 10(29)
Spathoglottis plicata – 14(73); 15(73)
Spear Lily – see Doryanthes palmeri
Spearmint – see Mentha spicata ‘Spearmint’
Sphagneticola trilobata – 6(98)
Spice Bromeliad – see Tillandsia cyanea
Spice Lily – see Manfreda maculosa; Agave maculosa
Spice Orchid – see Dendrobium gracilicaule
Spices – 22(46-51)
Spider Flower – see Grevillea ‘Lollypops’; Cleome hassleriana; Tarenaya hassleriana
Spider Lily - see Hymenocallis; Ismene
Spider Lily, Golden – see Lycoris aurea
Spider Plant – see Chlorophytum
Spilanthes acmella – 11(82); 16(68, 69); 17(67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 22(67); also see Acmella paniculata; Blainvillea
Spinach – 10(87); see Spinacia oleracea
Spinach, Brazilian – see Alternanthera sissoo
Spinach, Ceylon – see Alternanthera sessilis; Talinum triangulare; Basella alba
Spinach, Chinese – see Amaranthus cultivars
Spinach, Chinese Water - see lpomoea aquatica
Spinach, Egyptian – see Corchorus olitorius
Spinach, European – see Spinacea oleracea
Spinach, Lagos – see Celosia argentea var. argentea
Spinach, Malabar – see Basella alba, Basella rubra
Spinach, Mexican – see Cnidoscolus chayamansa
Spinach, Native – see Alternanthera denticulata
Spinach, New Guinea – see Deeringia amaranthoides
Spinach, New Zealand – see Tetragonia tetragonoides
Spinach, Okinawa – see Crassocephalum sarcobasis
Spinach, Sabu – see Alternanthera sissoo
Spinach, Samba – see Alternanthera sissoo
Spinach, Sri Lankan – see Alternanthera sessilis
Spinach, Surinam – see Talinum triangulare
Spinacia oleracea (spinach)– 14(70); 20(67); 23(68); 24(68); 26(70)
Spindle Palm – see Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Spineless Yucca – see Yucca guatemalensis
Spiny Melon – see Kuwano; also see Cucumis metuliferus
Spiraea cantoniensis – 16(72); 19(13)
Spiraea contoniensis ‘Flore Pleno’ – 14(27)
Spiraea japonica ‘Gold Mound’ – 22(30, 31)
Spiral Ginger - see Costus
Spodoptera picta – 12(28)
Sporobolus africanus – 25(67)
Spotted Emu Bush – Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia
Spotted-sided Finch (bird) – see Stagonopleura guttata
Sprekelia formosissima - 1(41); 15(68); 19(23)
Spring Orchid Tree – see Bauhinia variegata ‘Candida’
Spur Flower – see Plectranthus neochilus
Spydridium – 6(60)
Squash – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); also see Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo
Sri Lankan Spinach – see Alternanthera sessilis
Stachys affinis – 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Stachys byzantina – 13(54); 18(28); 23(69, 72)
Stachytarpheta mutabilis – 21(16); 23(24)
Staghorn Fern – see Platycerium superbum
Stagonopleura guttata – 17(44, 45, 46)
Stain Leaf Philodendron – see Philodendron gloriosum
Stakes – 21(54)
Stallingsia maculosus – 6(37)
Stanhopea tigrina – 15(34, 39)
Stapelia leendertziae – 14(84)
Star Apple – see Chrysophyllum cainito
Star Jasmine – see Jasminum multiflorum; Trachelospermum jasminoides
Star Jasmine, Asiatic – see Trachelospermum  asiaticum
Star Jasmine, Chinese – see Trachelospermum jasminoides
Star Jasmine, Yellow – see Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Mandianum’
Star Zinnia – see Zinnia angustifolia
Starburst – see Clerodendrum quadriloculare
Starfish Flower – see Stapelia gigantea
Statice - see Limonium sinuatum
Stenocarpus sinuatus – 9(58); 12(65); 26 (1, 5, 46, 48)
Stenochlaena palustris – 9(51)
Stenotaphrum secundatum - 1(89); 3(82); 4(83); 6(82); 10(89); 12(89); 15(65); 20(63)
Stapelia gigantea – 26(86)
Step Ladder Costus – see Costus malortieanus
Step Ladder Spiral Ginger – seeCostus
Stephania japonica – 3(84)
Stephanotis floribunda – 13(47); 17(19, 20, 21, 31, 32); 26(11)
Sterculia quadrifida – 2(79); 11(78); 16(42, 47)
Stethopachys formosa - 1(64); 4(77); 7(40); 9(46)
Stevia – see Stevia rebaudiana
Stevia rebaudiana – 15(59); 25(44, 49)
Sticherus flabellatus – 7(67)
Stinging Nettle – see Urtica urens
Stingless Bees, Native – see Trigona; Austroplebeia
Stipa ramosissima – 25(39)
Stizoptera bichenovii – see Taeniopygia bichenovii
Stobilanthes dyerianus – 16(79)
Stobilanthes flaccidifolia – see Strobilanthes hamiltoniana
Stock – see Matthiola incana
Stolen Date Palm – see Phoenicophorium
Stolon – 5(87)
Stonefruit, Low Chill – 24(56-58)
Storm Crocus – see Zephranthes
Storm Lily - see Zephranthes
Strawberry – 5(68); 10(87); also see Fragaria vesca
Strawberry Guava – see Psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum
Strawberry Gum – see Eucalyptus olinda
Strawberry Snowball Tree – see Dombeya cacuminum
Strawflower – see Rhodanthe anthemoides
Strelitzia ‘Mandela’s Gold’ – 6(23); 11(29)
Strelitzia nicolai – 7(39)
Strelitzia reginae - 1(73); 2(57); 7(39); 9(61); 13(44); 14(12); 15(73); 16(71, 73)
Streptocalyx biflorus – see Aechmea biflora
Streptocarpus caulescens – 16(18, 41)
Streptosolen jamesonii – cover, 16(3, 42, 47, 72)
String of Beads– see Senecio rowleyanus
String of Pearls– see Senecio rowleyanus
Striped marsh frog – see Limnodynastes peronii
Stripey White Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon jamburan; Ophiopogon intermedius ‘Variegatus’
Strobilanthes colorata – see Strobilanthes hamiltoniana
Strobilanthes cusia – see Strobilanthes hamiltoniana
Strobilanthes dyeriana – 16(79)
Strobilanthes gossypina - 8(68); 13(54); 15(16, 17); 16(41); 17(32)
Strobilanthes hamiltoniana – 23(22, 85)
Stromanthe – 16(70); 17(69)
Stromanthe ‘Superstar’ – 10(67); 11(6)
Stromanthe sanguine – 25(14)
Stromanthe sanguinea ‘Tricolor’ – 22(80)
Strongylodon macrobotrys - 2(19); 10(34); 13(40); 16(73); 20(12); 25(20)
Strophanthus boivinii – 10(43)
Strophanthus divaricatus – 10(43)
Strophanthus gratus – 10(43)
Strophanthus preussii – 10(43)
Sublime Lillypilly – see Acmena smithii ‘Sublime’
Subspecies – 21(41)
Subtropical rainforest – 12(74-77)
Succulents – 2(13); 6(11, 91); 7(23, 42); 8(14-19, 48, 52); 9(48); 10(42); 11(48); 12(48); 13(48)
Sugar Beet – see Beta vulgaris
Sugar Cane Palm – see Dypsis baronii
Sulphur – 15(48-49); 16(52
Sulphur Alder – see Turnera subulata
Summer Love – see Acalypha reptans var. pygmaea
Sun Jewel – see Portulaca oleracea
Sun Pitcher Plant – 23(29); see Heliamphora
Sun Rose – see Aptena cordifolia
Sundews – 6(22); see Drosera
Sunflower – see Helianthus annuus
Sunflower, Mexican – see Tithonia rotundifolia
Sunrays – see Rhodanthe manglesii; Helipterum manglesii
Sunrose – see Aptena cordifolia
Sunset Aloe – see Aloe dorotheae
Surfactants – 4(31)
Surinam Cherry – see Eugenia uniflora
Surinam Powder Puff – see Calliandra surinamensis
Surinam Purslane – see Talinum triangulare; Talinum fruticosum
Surinam Quassia – see Quassia amara
Surinam Spinach – see Talinum triangulare
Sustainability - 1(20-23); 12(78-83); 13(13)
Swamp Banksia – see Banksia robur
Swamp Bloodwood - see Corymbia ptychocarpa
Swamp Box - see Lophostemon lactifluus
Swamp Cordyline – see Cordyline manners-suttoniae
Swamp Cypress – see Taxodium distichum
Swamp Foxtail – see Pennisetum alopecuroides
Swamp Foxtails – see Baloskion tetraphyllum
Swamp Hibiscus – see Hibiscus coccineus
Swamp Lily - see Crinum pedunculatum; Crinum angustifolium; Ottelia ovatifolia
Swamp Mahogany – 7(46)
Swamp Orchid – see Phaius australis
Swamp Paperbark – see Melaleuca viridiflora
Swan River Daisy – see Brachyscome iberidifolia; Helipterum manglesii; Rhodanthe manglesii
Swanplant – see Gomphocarpus physocarpus; Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Swede (vegetable) – see Brassica napus var. napobrassica
Sweet Alice – see Alyssum maritimum; Lobularia maritima
Sweet Alyssum – see Lobularia maritima
Sweet Corn – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); 26(60); also see Zea mays
Sweet Daphne – see Phaleria clerodendron
Sweet Garlic – see Tulbaghia simmleri; Tulbaghia fragrans
Sweet Leaf – see Sauropus androgynus; Stevia rebaudiana
Sweet Mock Orange – see Philadelphus coronarius
Sweet Pea – see Lathyrus odoratus
Sweet Pittosporum - see Pittosporum undulatum
Sweet Potato – see Ipomoea batatas
Sweet Potato, Ornamental – see Ipomoea batatas
Sweet Sarsaparilla – see Smilax glyciphylla
Sweet Smother Grass – see Dactyloctenium australe
Sweet Viburnum – see Viburnum odoratissimum
Swietenia Mahogany - 1(31)
Swiss Cheese Plant – see Monstera deliciosa
Sword Bean – see Canavalia gladiata
Swordtails (fish) – see Xiphophorus helleri
Syagrus romanzoffiana – 8(90); 10(45)
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii – 18(68)
Symphytum officinale – 16(54); 17(51)
Symphytum officinale ‘Webster’s Giant’ – 14(53)
Synadenium grantii ‘Rubra’ – 7(38)
Syncarpia glomulifera – 5(69)
Synechanthus fibrosus - 2(19)
Syngonium ‘White Butterfly’ – 5(15)
Syngonium auritum – 5(15)
Syngonium podophyllum ‘Golden’ – 22(33)
Syngonium podophyllum ‘White Butterfly’ - 16(18)
Synsepalum dulcificum – 4(67); 11(85); 13(87); 15(59); 19(42, 58); 26(35)
Syringa vulgaris – 20(11)
Syzygium – 3(16); 4(26, 28); 5(69); 7(62); 10(72); 13(10, 12); 16(12, 13); 20(12); 23(47); 24(29)
Syzygium ‘Cascade’- 6(24); 24(33)
Syzygium alatoramulum – 10(55)
Syzygium anisatum – 14(38, 41, 60, 61)
Syzygium aqueum – 12(65)
Syzygium australe – 6(29); 12(68); 14(27); 18(42); 22(46, 49)
Syzygium australe ‘Aussie Compact’ – 20(13)
Syzygium australe ‘Big Red’ – 21(31)
Syzygium australe ‘Bush Christmas’ – 21(31)
Syzygium australe ‘Hinterland Gold’ – 21(31)
Syzygium cumingii – 12(67) – should be Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini – 12(69)
Syzygium erythrocalyx – 5(17)
Syzygium hemilamprus ssp. hemilamprum – 11(73)
Syzygium leuhmannii – 1(78); 4(67); 9(62-63); 11(70-71, 73); 19(59); 22(49); 23(40)
Syzygium malaccense - 20(78); 23(40)
Syzygium megacarpum – 23(36, 40)
Syzygium moorei – 3(86)
Syzygium nervosum - 2(73)
Syzygium paniculatum – 12(69)
Syzygium smithii ‘Forest Flame’ – 21(31)
Syzygium smithii ‘Sublime’ –– see Acmena smithii ‘Sublime’
Syzygium tierneyanum – 6(29)
Syzygium wilsonii – 3(84); 7(52); 10(69); 11(11); 17(12)