Saxifraga 2016

[Matt T]

Have just taken delivery of a small order of Porophyllum Sax's from Mendle Nursery and wanted to share my experience. Ordering was easy, although the website could do with more photographs as many of the cultivars are not illustrated (cross referencing with other online resources is easy though). Despatch seemed to be a little slow, but it turned out that a couple of those I ordered were out of stock. I emailed back with a few substitutes and a parcel arrived quickly. They were very well packaged, potted plants and have come to no harm in transit at all. The plants themselves are pretty good - well grown young plants, some already showing flower buds. Some are perhaps a little loose, but a season in the windy Western Isles and they'll soon form tight, weatherproof buns. I'd have no concerns about placing an order again, especially given that the range of cultivars on offer is fantastic.

PS: Very excited to have the beautiful 'Zlata Praha' amongst them!

[ian mcdonald]

Hello Matt, yes Mendle Nursery is very good and have a good range of Saxifrage and Sempervivum.

[Lawrence]

Very nice Matt
Don't know if you saw my post on FB, I had these Kabschia Saxifrages for Xmas, from Bart Moerland at Alpigena nurseries in Holland,  a great range and superb plants very well packaged ( I had over 60! 😄). I think he has nearly finished updating the Saxifrage section of his website as well

[Matt T]

I did see you post on FB and was wishing someone would order me such a wonderful present! 

Bart's website is excellent, and a resource I use all the time - mostly for adding more names to my wish list. I find that many of the cultivars I want are not widely available in the UK, so I may have to send my wishlist to Bart to see what he can supply... after my next payday of course!

[Graeme]

Have just taken delivery of a small order of Porophyllum Sax's from Mendle Nursery and wanted to share my experience.

Plants are always excellent - not been for a while - we used to visit when we went to the large comercial herb nursery nearby.  To be honest I was more intereseted in going to Mendle as I always ended up with something I needed.

[David Sellars]

It is very difficult to obtain Kabschia Saxes in North America but Mendle Nursery are very helpful.  We placed a large order for Kabschia Saxes a year ago and it worked out pretty well even though the plants had to be bare-rooted for import so some did not survive the shipping.  Mendle were very accommodating and we now have some cultivars found nowhere else in North America.

The Saxifrage season has started here with wet and warmish weather and many are in full flower. Saxifraga Allendale Charm is available this side of the Atlantic so I have had this one a few years.

[Johan K.]

Saxifraga burseriana 'Prince Hal'

[suesimpson33]

First shot at posting photos. I hope it works!
'Marilyn Munro'
'Gemma'
'Karel Capek'
'Pankrac'

[Maggi Young]

It certainly did work Sue and   Very nicely, too!

[Lawrence]

Fantastic Sue and a lot further forward than mine are

[suesimpson33]

A few more!

'Geoffrey Gould'
'Golem'
'Judith Shackleton'
'Allendale Elf'
'Sissi'

 ( edit by maggi  to add plant names so they can be found in the search , Sue)

[Lawrence]

Superb plants again Sue and I know I have commented on your labelling before on Facebook ( I think George is responsible ?) just intrigued on your " notes" ?

[David Sellars]

Those Saxifrages are spectacular Sue. What potting mix are you using?

Can anyone identify this Sax which has just flowered for the first time?  It was grown from seed from the SRGC seed exchange as Saxifraga ramsarica but it clearly is not.  Saxifraga ramsarica should have whitish flowers.

[suesimpson33]

David - Compost mix I have to admit is just a variation on the one I use for almost everything!  JI2, composted bark and masses of grit - sometimes a little Dolomitic lime if I remember.  Keeping them under cover in the winter certainly seems to help in this part of the country but I move them into frames outside in the summer. At least I have so far - numbers have increased recently so it will be a struggle to fit them in to the outdoor frames. (Call to George, my soon-to-be husband, for more frames!)

Lawrence - George's "notes" on the labels mean that he has gone to the bother of keeping a note in our database of anything interesting written by the seller. Our database used to be on the computer - I have to admit it is now in George's endless notebooks, waiting to be entered! Not enough time in the day for us!

[suesimpson33]

And thanks Maggi for adding the names, will do that in future.