Saxifraga 2013

[Leiomerus]

Hmm, some look fine, but if we wait for a little better weather most will look much better.

1/ Sax. lowndesii in a little stone pot
2/ Sax. 'Golem' has suffered from the cold and the snow, but has some more buds to compensate.
3/ This is the home of many Saxes, today the glacier was almost melted away.
4/ Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Latina', a warm name against the still cold weather.

[Lesley Cox]

David Attenborough made a serious "blue" last night in our screening of his generally excellent programme "Kingdom of Plants." He showed what he called a sempervivum (v eye vum? surely veevum) but in fact it was Saxifraga grisebachii, the form we know as 'Wisley.' I guess he was repeating what he'd been told by someone but since the filming was in the Kew Alpine House at the time, someone should have known better!

[Hoy]

But also the Saxifraga vive para siempre!
I remember an episode in the British TV show with the character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac cleared a suspicious death of someone growing all kind of herbs. He (or was it she?) turned out to be poisoned by Deadly Nightshade - somebody had translated that to deadly nitrate (in Norwegian)! and the whole point of the story was lost

[Gert Hoek]

Saxifraga 'Jupiter'
Saxifraga aff. lowndesii -TJR736/02-
Saxifraga Állendale Fairy'  growing in a tufastone
Saxifraga 'Marilyn Monroe'

[Gert Hoek]

Saxifraga 'Henry Rousseau'
Saxifraga 'Zlaty Kun'
Saxifraga unifevolata, a specie from the Caucasus
Saxifraga unguipetala

[Gert Hoek]

Saxifraga 'Kampa'
Saxifraga 'Elvis Presley'
Saxifraga 'Eros'
Saxifraga 'Quarrywood'

[Mark Griffiths]

Just back from the Sax weekend at waterperry - unfortunately I forgot my camera 

I bought a S. landaueri "Leonore" although looking on Sax sites that might be "Leonora"

The other one I got I've not been able to find, S. "Rosaleen" - anyone know anything about it?

[Helen Johnstone]

I recently bought a parcel of plants from Gerd Stopp in Germany and included with them were two Saxes I know nothing at all about:-

David - I am intrigued did you buy a parcel of mixed plants without knowing what was in it or have I completely mis-understood.  Sounds quite exciting, a bit like a lucky dip

[Maggi Young]

Some years ago we bought one of Gerd Stopp's Christmas special parcels- you don't know what you'll get, just the number of plants. Every one was a  little gem , they really were- it was great fun too.



Gerd Stopp

Shakespearestr. 10

09127 Chemnitz

GERMANY

Tel: +49 371 772007

Fax: +49 371 7750623



Gerd Stopp <gerd.stopp@t-online.de> - not sure if this email works or not.   

See list from 2012 here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2493.msg255896#msg255896

[Helen Johnstone]

That sounds like fun and good for someone like me who is new to alpines so struggles to choose  Hope the list is made available this year

[David Nicholson]

David - I am intrigued did you buy a parcel of mixed plants without knowing what was in it or have I completely mis-understood.  Sounds quite exciting, a bit like a lucky dip

Yes, I did exactly that. I didn't know what I would get but I knew from the experience of other Forumists that anything grown and sold by Gerd Stopp would be worth buying. As did Maggi I bought one of his Christmas specials. Gerd Stopp doesn't have a Web Site and doesn't appear to like emails either and he produces two Lists each year. His main list (and I forget the timing of this) and his Christmas List. I'll let you have copies of them TPG when I get them.

[Helen Johnstone]

Many thanks David I would really appreciate that 

[K-D Keller]

Yes, now it is spring. Saxifraga season starts in the open garden.

[K-D Keller]

Two more, others wait for sun

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed K-D. Some of mine here but maybe a little past their best.

Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Theoden'
S. x boydilacina 'Alan Martin'
S. 'Peach Melba'