Plants
Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.
Snowdrop
Snowdrop (Galanthus): description, cultivation, and cultural significance
Sod
Sod (turf): composition, cultivation, uses, and history
Solanales
Solanales: the nightshade and morning-glory order of flowering plants
Sophora
Sophora — genus of pea-family trees and shrubs
Sophora davidii
Sophora davidii — deciduous Chinese shrub with blue-and-white pea flowers
Sophora koreensis
Sophora macnabiana
Sophoreae
Sophoreae: a tribe of the legume family (Fabaceae)
Sorghum
Sorghum: a climate‑resilient grain and forage grass
Sorrel
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa): culinary herb and garden perennial
Soursop
Soursop (Annona muricata): description, uses, cultivation, and safety
Soybean
Spelt
Sphagnum
Sphagnum (peat moss): biology, ecology, and human uses
Spinach
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
Spiraeoideae
Spruce
Spruce (Picea): characteristics, ecology, and uses
Square foot gardening
Square Foot Gardening: A Compact Method for Productive Vegetable Beds
Squash (plant)
Squash (plant): types, origin, uses, and botanical classification
Stamen
Star apple
Star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito)
Stigma (botany)
Stigma (botany): structure, function and variation in flowering plants
Stinging nettle
Urtica dioica (stinging nettle): identification, ecology, uses and safety
Stolon
Stolon (botany): horizontal stems and vegetative propagation
Stomata
Stomata: Structure, Function, and Role in Plant Physiology
Stone fruit
Drupe (stone fruit): botanical structure, common varieties, and culinary uses
Drupe (stone fruit) explained: botanical structure of exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp, common varieties from peaches and cherries to mangoes and coconuts, plus culinary uses from fr
Straw
Straw: composition, history, uses, and distinctions
Strawberry
Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa): description, history, and uses
Styphnolobium japonicum
Styphnolobium japonicum — Japanese pagoda tree
Subalpine zone
Subshrub
Succulent plant
Succulent plant: adaptations, diversity, and uses
Sugar beet
Sugar beet (cultivated Beta vulgaris): overview, cultivation and uses
Sugarcane
Sumac
Sumac: overview, characteristics, uses, and identification
Sunflower
Suriname cherry
Swainsona formosa
Sweet potato
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Sweet William
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus): a fragrant garden pink
Syringa vulgaris
Syzygium
Tabasco pepper
Tabebuia
Tabebuia — trumpet trees of the Americas
Tagetes
Tagetes (marigolds): description, species, uses and cultivation
Talipot palm
Tamarillo
Tamarillo (tree tomato): description, origins, cultivation and uses
Tamarind
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)