Saxifraga 2016

[David Nicholson]

Got Beni from Edrom, Gokka from Hartside.....

Cheers Chris.

[Hans Meulenbelt]

Really nice plants Chris.

[Hans Meulenbelt]

Saxifraga cortusifolia 'Rokujo'. The plants I bought from a local seller did well the first year (picture 1), but got worse the next few years. This Spring I decided to divide these plants and plant them out in fresh compost. That seems to have worked well, they are in flower now (pictures 2 and 3).

[Maggi Young]

They are doing well, Hans. I wonder if these plants may be like some others, for example, Asiatic gentians, which prefer fresh soil to grow in?

[Hans Meulenbelt]

Looks like that might be the case, Maggi.

[ChrisB]

Could be, I've not done as well with the cortusifolias as I do with the fortuneis, they seem happy enough in the same pot year after year for me, getting quite big now though, and I'm considering splitting some. What I'd love to know though, is how to get them into flower earlier.  They seem to wait for cold spells to start putting up their flower truss, the only one I can get into flower for shows is Sax. f. Fumiko

[David Nicholson]

Just one Saxifraga fortunei cultivar to flower after this one, S. f. 'Black Ruby'

[ChrisB]

Hi David, I've also got this one, but never seen the flowers before, I think it may flower in another couple of weeks, they look lovely on the dark foliage!

[David Nicholson]

It seems to like flowering under the leaves Chris, I had to tease some flowers out to get the photograph. Nice one though. Just waiting for an order from Hartside!

[Maggi Young]

Today at the Alpine Garden Society AGM,  Adrian Young was honoured with the Kath Dryden Award for his  long  work with Saxifragas . well done , Adrian - well deserved!


Adrian Young , left, receives his award from the AGS President David Haselgrove

[Maggi Young]

Another "Saxifraga" connection at today's AGS  meeting was a talk from the Editor of the Saxifraga Society, Razvan Chisu  - though his subject was not saxes today - he was introducing the Alpines of Romania, his native country,  in advance of a tour he will lead there for the AGS next year!

[Matt T]

Today at the Alpine Garden Society AGM,  Adrian Young was honoured with the Kath Dryden Award for his  long  work with Saxifragas . well done , Adrian - well deserved!

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Adrian Young , left, receives his award from the AGS President David Haselgrove

Very pleased to see Adrian's work recognised with this award.

[David Nicholson]

Very pleased to see Adrian's work recognised with this award.

Very much seconded.

Last of my small collection of Saxifraga fortunei cultivars to flower this season, S. f. 'Cotton Crochet'. I have to say they've been lovely this year.

[Diane Whitehead]

I have never bothered to look for seeds of my Sax fortuneis, but decided to look this year.

I have some in pots which I just brought inside as we are going to have frost tonight.

I can't find any information about seed setting - are they self-fertile?  No photos of seed
pods - the Seed Site has none.

I've been waving stamens among the pistils on plants that are still in full flower.

One has flowers that have died, but the centres are still the same size as when the flowers
first opened, about the size of a sphere of millet off my multigrain bagel.  Does the centre
swell up if it contains seeds?