Saxifraga 2015.

[adrian young]

In tufa,name forgotten

Looks like x apiculata Gregor Mendel

[adrian young]

An old cross S. Mcb1377 x lowndesii, needs a name
and the original clone of S.Cherrytrees, from Kelso
plus S.Pablo Casals, a mystery plant from Ron Beeston

[Maggi Young]

Advice needed, please  :

"Gentlemen & Ladies

Members of the Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society are seeking advice and information concerning the propagation and growing on of saxifrage plants.

We are particularly interested in techniques using cuttings as well as growing from seed.

We have copies of Malcolm McGregor’s book, Saxifrages. Mr. McGregor has spoken to our club.

Any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Pat Domin
Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society"

[adrian young]

Advice needed, please  :

"Gentlemen & Ladies

Members of the Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society are seeking advice and information concerning the propagation and growing on of saxifrage plants.

We are particularly interested in techniques using cuttings as well as growing from seed.

We have copies of Malcolm McGregor’s book, Saxifrages. Mr. McGregor has spoken to our club.

Any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Pat Domin
Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society"

Propagation is easy from cuttings, just take rosettes of a plant with a short stem, 5 - 10mm is fine, insert them into a tray of sharp sand
make sure they are firmed in, I  push them into the sand using the blunt end of a pencil. Then water in using a fine rose.
Kabschia sax root better in the winter, they will root in the summer if kept cool, but slowly.
Growing on is  a big subject, in the UK they need winter wet protect and a lot of water in the summer.
Do not feed them anything powerful, they grow better without NPK, but they do need minerals/trace elements from rock/sand etc.
It depends if you are growing in pots or beds, beds are better because you can give them ROCK, they love ROCK.
Tufa is a great medium for them.
Hope this helps a bit.

[Philip Walker]

Adrian-I've never had that cultivar name,but I've definitely had S X apiculata,so perhaps a different one.S. sancta also rings a bell.

[Maggi Young]

Propagation is easy from cuttings, just take rosettes of a plant with a short stem, 5 - 10mm is fine, insert them into a tray of sharp sand
make sure they are firmed in, I  push them into the sand using the blunt end of a pencil. Then water in using a fine rose.
Kabschia sax root better in the winter, they will root in the summer if kept cool, but slowly.
Growing on is  a big subject, in the UK they need winter wet protect and a lot of water in the summer.
Do not feed them anything powerful, they grow better without NPK, but they do need minerals/trace elements from rock/sand etc.
It depends if you are growing in pots or beds, beds are better because you can give them ROCK, they love ROCK.
Tufa is a great medium for them.
Hope this helps a bit.

  Thank you Adrian!

[Maggi Young]

Ian's made a video of of of our Saxifraga troughs :

[Mike Ireland]

Sax Dawn Frost
Sax Myraid Seedling
Sax Poluniniana x Winifred
all flowering very well this year.

[ruweiss]

Some Saxifragas, Sax. bryomorpha was collected in the Pamir region
and flowers for me the first time.

[adrian young]

It's been a good year for saxes
S.Frantisek Holenka - a stunning new cv from Karel Lang
S.burseriana Duncan Lowe fm - this a good example of this species
S.Aldo Bacci - from the late great Sergio Bacci, the first S.aretioides x marginata

[Maggi Young]

 Saxifraga 'Frantisek Holenka' os a beauty- lovely soft colour.

[olegKon]

The first flowering of Saxifraga burseriana Princess, propagated by tiniest cuttings a couple of years ago

[olegKon]

Also the first year from cuttings
1.Saxifraga burseriana crenulata
2.Saxifraga laxifolia?

[Corrado & Rina]

Saxifraga paradoxa  S. x fritschiana

[adrian young]

This is not Sax paradoxa, that is a very different plant.
Your plant is S. x fritschiana  (S. paniculata x crustata)
a natural hybrid found in the Julian Alps.
This hybrid used to be called x pectinata, but that name is now invalid.