Saxifraga in Troughs

[Jlynx]

This is my first year growing Saxifrages.  I live in the northern suburbs of NYC, close to Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, NY.  I have three troughs now and wanted to post some pictures.  Please share your pictures of troughs with saxes.

[Maggi Young]

Hello Jlynx, good to have you join us.
I think you will really enjoy growing Saxes.... they are such a varied group and so many are ideal for trough culture.

You can see some of our troughs planted with Saxifragas in Ian Bulb Log ...http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb

And I hope you know about the special organisation for Sax lovers:
http://www.saxifraga.org/default.asp    ? 

[Maggi Young]

If you do a search of the Forum for Troughs... you will find quite a few pictures of troughs with saxes in other threads..... popular subjects for many growers!

[Jlynx]

Thanks.  I am a member of the Saxifrage Society and have found their materials helpful.  I submitted a "beginner saxer" article to them which will hopefully be published.  Year one with the saxes has been an interesting experience to say the least.

[Jlynx]

Please post pics of your saxes this fall for us beginners.  I have some Collosa and 'mixed Paniculata' seed coming soon and will give that a shot.  Should I use the outside "baggie approach" that I have been reading about.  I am anxious to see how my saxes (about 40) do this late fall/winter in troughs and some in tufa.  Thanks

[Hoy]

I am no expert grower but here is my approach to the saxy question!

I have no through but grow some of my saxes on the shed roof - not unlike a through though. Sorry no names! They have survived for several years. The two last pictures show saxes on the ground - growing on rocks. The mossy one has it roots in a crevice behind the stone.

[Jlynx]

Cool idea growing them on roof of shed. Thanks for adding pics.

[Jlynx]

I visited the New York Botanical Garden today with the wife and kids.  They had a pretty nice Rock Garden with Saxes, Androsace, Lewisas, drabs, etc.  I was a little disappointed with their troughs though.  They have an incredible train show with replicas of famous NYC landmarks and bridges all made from plant or natural materials. 

[shelagh]

Hi Jlynx,

 I visited New York Botanic Garden a few years ago and I too was disappointed with their troughs.  We grow quite a lot of encrusted Saxes in troughs and small corner patches so I will try and sort a few out to post.

[shelagh]

Okay I have searched through the pictures and these are all of Saxes in troughs or small dedicated or raised beds.  Sorry I don't have names for all of them.

[Lesley Cox]

Could someone suggest a name for this one please? I have it labelled just Saxifraga so must have been unable to read the seed label when I planted it in the trough. Just the one stem, the first, but that makes the foliage very visible. Could it be S. crustata?

[David Nicholson]

A pic of Saxifraga crustata here fo comparison Lesley. Foliage looks very similar to yours.

 

[Jlynx]

Great posts.  It definitely looks like Crustata.

[adrian young]

Lesley's plant is not S.crustata, it could be S.callosa var Australis or
even a Ss. callosa x cochlearis hybrid which would make it
S. x farreri.
S. callosa always has a glabrous flower stem, it looks like
this plant has some cilia on the stem.
David's plants are S.crustata, very different rosettes.

[Senecio 2]

Could someone suggest a name for this one please? I have it labelled just Saxifraga so must have been unable to read the seed label when I planted it in the trough. Just the one stem, the first, but that makes the foliage very visible. Could it be S. crustata?

Looks a lot like Saxifraga cochlearis minor