45 Flowers That Start With S (List of Flower Names S)

Common flower names beginning with S include Sandphox, Scabiosa, Sorrel, and Scilla. Here’s a list of flowers that start with S:

Saffron

The Autumn Crocus is best known for producing the spice saffron from the filaments that grow inside the flower.

Common Name: Saffron
Scientific Name: Crocus sativus
Type: Perennial
Water: Low
Soil PH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Flower Color: Purple
Special Characteristics: Showy
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Height At Maturity: 4-6″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Beds & Borders

Salvia Splendens

This plant is also called the scarlet sage or tropical sage. It’s a perennial plant that grows at high altitudes in Brazil. In the wild, it grows up to 4 feet tall.

Common Name: Scarlet Sage
Scientific Name: Salvia splendens
Type: Perennial
Water: Moderate moisture
Soil PH: 6.0 to 7.5
Flower Color: Red
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, container, deer resistant, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 24″ to 48″
Sun: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Sand Dollar Cactus

This type of cactus also goes by the names sea urchin cactus, star cactus, and star peyote. The flowers of the sand dollar cactus are yellow with red bases and the outer parts are very woolly.

Common Name: Sand Dollar Cactus
Scientific Name: Astrophytum asterias
Type: Cactus/Succulent
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 6.1 to 7.8
Flower Color: Orange, White
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10
Height At Maturity: 1-6″
Sun: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Sub Type: Houseplant

Sand Phlox

Phlox bifida, the cleft phlox or sand phlox grows a low, dense mat of blue or purple flowers . The notched flower petals gave rise to the common cleft phlox. The most beautiful of all the S name flowers.

Common Name: Sand phlox
Scientific Name: Phlox bifida
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry to medium
Soil PH: 5 to 6
Flower Color: Purple
Special Characteristics: Attracts butterflies, deer-resistant, fragrant, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 8
Height At Maturity: 3-6″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus

Not sure which species of hedgehog inspired the name for the Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus, but it produces pink and yellow flowers.

Common Name: Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus
Scientific Name: Echinocereus Coccineus
Type: Cactus/Succulent
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 6.1 to 7.8
Flower Color: Red
Special Characteristics: Container, Tolerates Drought, Showy Flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 8 to 11
Height At Maturity: 6″ to 12″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Evergreen

Scarlet Strawberry

The Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry, or common strawberry is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated garden strawberry.

Common Name: Scarlet strawberry
Scientific Name: Fragaria virginiana
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 6.0 to 6.5
Flower Color: White
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds, deer-resistant, showy flowers, edible
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
Height At Maturity: 4-7”
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Saponaria

Other common names are common soapwort, bouncing-bet, crow soap, wild sweet William, and soapweed.

Common Name: Rock Soapwort
Scientific Name: Saponaria Ocymoides
Type: Perennial
Water: Low, Average
Soil PH: Alkaline, Neutral
Flower Color: Bright Pink
Special Characteristics: showy flowers, semi-evergreen deer resistant
Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 9
Height At Maturity: 6-9”
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Scabiosa

The scabiosa flowers are also known as pincushion flowers. Scabiosa flowers are rich in nectar and attract insects including butterflies and moths.

Common Name: Butterfly Blue
Scientific Name: Scabiosa Columbaria
Type: Perennial
Water: Low, Average
Soil PH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Flower Color: Lavender-Blue
Special Characteristics: attracts butterflies, deer resistant, drought-resistant
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 9
Height At Maturity: 1-2′
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Beds & Borders

Scaevola

Sometimes called the fairy fan-flower or common fan-flower.

Common Name: Fan Flower
Scientific Name: Scaevola aemula
Type: Annual
Water: Medium
Flower Color: Lavender-Blue
Special Characteristics: showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: .75-1.5′
Sun: Full sun – part shade
Sub Type: Beds & Borders

Scarlet Buckeye

Red Buckeye produces bright red flowers. It can be grown in all soil textures and is nearly pest-free. Its flowers, which last several weeks in spring, attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

Common Name: Scarlet Buckeye
Scientific Name: Aesculus Pavia
Type: Shrub
Water: Moderate
Soil PH: 6.1 to 7.5
Flower Color: Pink, Red
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, Showy Flowers, Poisonous
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 8
Height At Maturity: 144″ to 180″
Sun: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Sub Type: Deciduous

Scented Geranium

Despite the name, scented geraniums are actually members of the Pelargonium genus. And, though they are perennials, they are treated as annuals in most of the western world.

Common Name: Scented Geranium (Grace Thomas)
Scientific Name: Pelargonium
Type: Perennial
Water: Average
Soil PH: Alkaline, Neutral
Flower Color: Pink
Special Characteristics: showy flowers, fragrant flowers, drought-resistant
Hardiness Zone(s): 9 to 11
Height At Maturity: 1-2′
Sun: Full sun, Partial sun
Sub Type: Beds & Borders, Containers

Scilla

Scilla grows in woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores. They are bulb-forming perennials. There are roughly 90 species of scilla plants most of which grow in Europe and Africa.

Common Name: Siberian Squill
Scientific Name: Scilla Siberia
Type: Perennial Bulbs
Water: Average
Soil PH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Flower Color: White
Special Characteristics: showy flowers, deer-resistant, rabbit-resistant, drought-resistant
Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 8
Height At Maturity: 3-6″
Sun: Full sun, Partial sun
Sub Type: Beds & Borders, Containers

Sea Holly

Other names are the blue eryngo or flat sea holly. These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves.

Common Name: Sea holly
Scientific Name: Eryngium planum
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 5.8 – 6.8
Flower Color: Steel blue
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, cut flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
Height At Maturity: 24-36′
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Sea Thrift

The British threepence coin issued between 1937 and 1952 had a design of thrift on the reverse. This plant bears bright pink flowers. Other common names include known as thrift, sea thrift, or sea pink.

Common Name: Sea thrift
Scientific Name: Armeria maritima
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 5.5-7.5
Flower Color: Pink to white
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 8
Height At Maturity: 6-12′
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Sedum

Sedum occurs throughout the northern hemisphere, often in drier rocky terrain. It’s also known as stonecrop.

Shasta Daisy

Shasta daisies are characterized by a distinct odor that some find unpleasant.

Common Name: Shasta Daisy
Scientific Name: Leucanthemum × Superbum
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry to medium
Soil PH: 6-8
Flower Color: White rays with yellow center
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
Height At Maturity: 24″-36″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Shooting Star Flower

This plant bears white flowers that sometimes appear to be shooting upwards.

Common Name: Shooting Star Flower
Scientific Name: Dodecatheon meadia
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 6-7
Flower Color: White, pink, purple
Special Characteristics: Easy-to-grow, Container, Attracts birds, Cut flowers, Fragrant
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 8
Height At Maturity: 9″-18″
Sun: Full Shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Silene

Silene is also known as catchflies due to their distinct shaped flowers. There are many different species and the flowers are of varying colors.

Showy Milkweed

The showy milkweed is a milky-sapped perennial plant. The flowers grow in loose clusters at the top of the stems and are rose-purple, changing to yellow as the plant ages.

Common Name: Showy milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias speciosa
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry to medium
Soil PH: 5.8 – 7.2
Flower Color: Purplish rose
Special Characteristics: Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 9
Height At Maturity: 6-36″
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Shrub Rose

Shrub roses are easy growing members of the rose family. They are easier to maintain when compared to the classic rose.

Common Name: Shrub Rose
Scientific Name: Rosa
Type: Shrub
Water: Moderate
Soil PH: 6.5
Flower Color: Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White, Purple
Special Characteristics: Container, attracts birds and butterflies, Showy Flowers, Fragrant, Cut Flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 10
Height At Maturity: 12″ to 240″
Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade

Silky Wormwood

The silky wormwood is best grown in poor to moderately fertile, dry, well-drained soils in full sun. In the summer it produces tiny yellow flowers that appear to be nodding.

Common Name: Silky wormwood
Scientific Name: Artemisia frigida
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 7.5-7.7
Flower Color: Yellow
Special Characteristics: Tolerates rabbit, deer-resistant, fragrant
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 10
Height At Maturity: 3-18″
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Smoke Tree

This plant also goes by the names European smoketree, Eurasian smoketree, smoke tree, smoke bush, Venetian sumach, or dyer’s sumach.

Common Name: Smoke Tree
Scientific Name: Cotinus Coggygria
Type: Shrub
Water: Moderate
Soil PH: 6.1 to 7.8
Special Characteristics: Easy to grow, Tolerate deer, Tolerate Drought
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
Height At Maturity: 120″ to 180″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Deciduous

Snow-in-Summer

This herbaceous flowering plant is a member of the carnation family. Snow-in-Summer is usually grown as ground cover. It thrives in full sun.

Common Name: Snow-in-summer
Scientific Name: Cerastium tomentosum
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 6 to 7
Flower Color: White
Special Characteristics: Deer-resistant, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 7
Height At Maturity: 6-12′
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Snowdrop Windflower

This plant blooms fragile, nodding white flowers early to mid-spring atop radiant dense, green foliage.

Common Name: Snowdrop Windflower
Scientific Name: Anemone sylvestris
Type: Perennial
Water: Needs moderate moisture
Soil PH: 5.5-6.8
Flower Color: White with yellow stamens
Special Characteristics: Deer-resistant, showy flowers, cut flowers, fragrant, easy to grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 8
Height At Maturity: 12-18”
Sun: Part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Solanum

Solanum comprises a variety of flowering plants like potato, tomato, and eggplant. But, there’s also Solanum Jasminum Album which is a variety of Jasmine flowers.

Common Name: Solanum
Scientific Name: Solanum
Type: Shrub
Water: Moderate
Soil PH: 6.5 to 7.5
Flower Color: Violet, White, Lavander
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, Attracts birds and butterflies
Hardiness Zone(s): 8 to 10
Height At Maturity: 60″ to 96″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Deciduous

Solomon’s Seal

The plant is said to possess scars on the rhizome that resemble the ancient Hebrew seal of King Solomon.

Common Name: Solomon’s seal
Scientific Name: Polygonatum biflorum
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium to wet
Soil PH: 6-7
Flower Color: Greenish white
Special Characteristics: Cut flowers, Container, Fragrant, Easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 8
Height At Maturity: 12″-36″
Sun: Full Shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Sorrel

It is also called the pink sorrel, pink wood sorrel or windowbox wood sorrel.

Common Name: Sorrel
Scientific Name: Oxalis articulata subsp. rubra
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 6.6 to 9.0
Flower Color: Mauve pink
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 7 to 10
Height At Maturity: 3-9″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Syringa

Syringa is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family. The flowers are fragrant and grow on small trees. They are popular garden plants.

Scarlet Rose Mallow

The leaves of this 4-7 ft. rose mallow are shiny and of a deep-scarlet color. They are over 6 inches in width. A large plant with big, showy, crimson flowers in upper leaf axils. The Scarlet rose mallow is not actually a rose but one of the many different types of hibiscus flowers.

Common Name: Scarlet rose mallow
Scientific Name: Hibiscus coccineus
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium to wet
Soil PH: 6.5 to. 6.8
Flower Color: Deep red
Special Characteristics: Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, deer-resistant, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 6 to 9
Height At Maturity: 36-72″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Scotts Clematis

A stunning wildflower, also known as the Sugarbowl Clematis, it blooms with showy deep blue nodding bell-shaped flowers.

Common Name: Scotts clematis
Scientific Name: Clematis scottii
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 7-8
Flower Color: Deep blue
Special Characteristics: Tolerates rabbit, deer-resistant, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 7
Height At Maturity: 9-12″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Serbian Bellflower

Serbian bellflowers are easy to grow and maintain. The flowers are a lavender-blue color. They are 1-inch in diameter and star-shaped. The foliage remains evergreen in mild winters.

Common Name: Serbian bellflower
Scientific Name: Campanula poscharskyana “Stella”
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 6-8
Flower Color: Deep blue
Special Characteristics: Deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy to grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 8
Height At Maturity: 3-6″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Seven Stars

Seven Stars are slow-growing cactus plants. They grow best when potted by themselves. Most of the plant is beneath the surface of the soil.

Common Name: Seven Stars
Scientific Name: Ariocarpus furfuraceus
Type: Cactus/Succulent
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 6.1-7.8
Flower Color: Pink, yellow
Special Characteristics: Container, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 10-11
Height At Maturity: 1-6″
Sun: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Sub Type: Houseplant

Shining Blue Star

The Shining blue star is a blue flowering plant that blooms small, showy light blue flowers. The flowers are known to attract several species of butterfly.

Common Name: Shining blue star
Scientific Name: Amsonia illustris
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 6.8-7.2
Flower Color: Light blue
Special Characteristics: Attracts butterflies, deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
Height At Maturity: 24-36″
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Showy Stonecrop

Stonecrop come in a wide variety of heights, colors, and forms. Most are hardy perennials that grow up to18 inches tall.

Common Name: Showy stonecrop
Scientific Name: Sedum spectabile
Type: Perennial
Water: Dry to medium
Soil PH: 6.1-7.8
Flower Color: Deep rose
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 9
Height At Maturity: 12″-18″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Siberian Bugloss

Siberian Bugloss look similar to Forget Me Not flowers, but you can tell them apart by their large, ovate or heart-shaped basal leaves.

Common Name: Siberian bugloss
Scientific Name: Brunnera macrophylla
Type: Perennial
Water: Needs moderate moisture
Soil PH: 5.8 to 6.3
Flower Color: Intense blue
Special Characteristics: Tolerates rabbit, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 8
Height At Maturity: 12-18”
Sun: Part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Siberian Iris

Siberian irises like soil that has some humus. To promote growth, add some compost, decomposed manure or leaf mold.

Common Name: Siberian Iris
Scientific Name: Iris Sibirica
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium to wet
Soil PH: 5.5 to 6.9
Flower Color: Deep purple
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, Cut flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 8
Height At Maturity: 36″-48″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Siberian Larkspur

Native to Russia and China, it is also known as Delphinium grandiflorum or Chinese Delphinium.

Common Name: Siberian larkspur
Scientific Name: Delphinium grandiflorum
Type: Perennial
Water: Needs moderate moisture
Soil PH: 6-8
Flower Color: Blue
Special Characteristics: Attracts butterflies, deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 7
Height At Maturity: 12-24″
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Snowball Cactus

Common Name: Snowball Cactus
Scientific Name: Parodia Scopa
Type: Cactus/Succulent
Water: Dry to Medium
Soil PH: 6.1 to 78
Flower Color: Yellow
Special Characteristics: Container, Tolerates Drought
Hardiness Zone(s): 9 to 11
Height At Maturity: 6″ to 24″
Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade

Society Garlic

Common Name: Society garlic
Scientific Name: Tulbaghia violacea
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 5.6 – 7.5
Flower Color: Lilac-pink
Special Characteristics: Fragrant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 7 to 10
Height At Maturity: 6-12″
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Herb

Southern Blue Flag

Common Name: Southern blue flag
Scientific Name: Iris virginica
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium to wet
Soil PH: 5.5 to 7.5
Flower Color: Violet blue with yellow and white crested falls
Special Characteristics: Deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
Height At Maturity: 12-36′
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Spider Flower

Common Name: Spider flower
Scientific Name: Cleome hassleriana
Type: Annual
Water: Moderate moisture can tolerate slight drought
Soil PH: 6.0 to 7.0
Flower Color: Pink and White (also bicolor)
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies / Fall color
Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 11
Sun: Plenty of Sun

Spider Lily

Common Name: Spider lily
Scientific Name: Tradescantia pallida “Purpurea”
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 5.6-6.0
Flower Color: Pink
Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, easy-to-grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 3-9′
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Sub Type: Groundcover

Spiked Speedwell

Common Name: Spiked speedwell
Scientific Name: Veronica spicata
Type: Perennial
Water: Medium
Soil PH: 5.5-6.2
Flower Color: Blue
Special Characteristics: Tolerates rabbit, deer-resistant, showy flowers, easy-to-grow, cut flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 8
Height At Maturity: 24-30”
Sun: Full sun
Sub Type: Groundcover

Spiny Lilac Flower Cactus

Common Name: Spiny lilac flower cactus
Scientific Name: Acanthocalycium klimpelianum
Type: Cactus/Succulent
Water: Dry
Soil PH: 6.1-7.8
Flower Color: Purple, white
Special Characteristics: Container, showy flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 10-11
Height At Maturity: 1-6″
Sun: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Sub Type: Houseplant

St. John’s Wort Plant

Common Name: St. John’s Wort Plant
Scientific Name: Hypericum
Type: Shrub
Water: Moderate
Soil PH: 5.5 to 7.0
Flower Color: Yellow
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, Showy Flowers
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
Height At Maturity: 36″ to 48″
Sun: Full Sun
Sub Type: Deciduous

References

Flower Glossary – View Names & Images of Flowers | Teleflora – https://www.teleflora.com/floral-facts/glossary-of-flowers
Most Popular Flowers like Rose, Chrysanthemums, Narcissus and more – The Flower Expert – https://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/mostpopularflowers/more-popular-flowers