Saxifraga 2012

[adrian young]

My problem Maggi is I like them all...........
What about this beauty, S. Beinn Eighe
Ss. cinerea x dinnikii, raised by John Mullaney
Shown at Blackpool last Saturday, did not see you there?

[Maggi Young]

S. Beinn Eighe is  indeed lovely.  Large flowers, soft pink... what's not to like? ....as our USA cousins say!

If you were looking for me in Blackpool you'll have had a fruitless search... I was here in Aberdeen.

[Leiomerus]

All those beauties ! The pleasant thing is, that the beauty fades away after some time, but next year it comes fully back, at least with Saxifragas, people are another matter, but these always maintain their beauty inside ...

Some 'saxual' beauties :
1/ Saxifraga burseriana 'John Tomlinson' growing happily being squeezed by some marble rocks
2/ Saxifraga 'Elvis Presley', Elvis Presley was very famous but now he is in the gutter
3/ also in the gutter : Saxifraga 'Johann Wolfgang Goethe', what a name and the plant is even 'bigger' than the name in my opinion
4/ some Saxifragas love the life in the gutter

[Maggi Young]

They may be in the gutter.... but they are looking at the stars.....

 Is there a Saxifraga called 'Oscar Wilde'? There should be!

[alpinelover]

A selection of a few plants that flowered here in the garden.
'Satchmo' (photo 1)
'Roklan' (photo 2)
A seedling from 'Winifred' (photo 3)
'Bohemian Karst' (photo 4)
'Jenkinsiae' (photo 5)
'Allendale Celt' (photo 6)
'Farewell' (photo 7)
Stribrnyi (photo
'Jendini' (photo 9)
'Your succes' (photo 10)

[alpinelover]

And some more,

S. burseriana form Seissera (photo 1)
'Bridget' (photo 2)
'Coolock Kate' (photo 3)
S. sempervivum (photo 4)
'Ganymede' (photo 5)
'Cranbourne' (photo 6)
S. burseriana var. burseriana (photo 7)
'Vincent Van Gogh' (photo
'Christian Huyghens' (photo 9)
S. porophylla, very rare (photo 10)

[alpinelover]

Some vieuws:

[Lesley Cox]

Alpinelover, these plants obviously love you as much as you love them. Real gems, every one and beautifully grown and healthy. I love them all but especially the unusual colouring of 'Christian Huyghens.' I'm greedy so I hope you have more to show us.

[Jlynx]

Thanks for sharing.  Excellent collection growing in the tufa.

[adrian young]

Hi
Some great sax pics
The pic of S.Roklan is very pale,
this cultivar is usually much darker
The first pic is at Waterperry
the second is from Prague

[Maggi Young]

Hi Adrian... did the conference in Loenen go well ?

[adrian young]

The conference went very well Maggi,
Mark did a great job organising it.
We had a great day at the Utrecht Alpine Fair,
came away with 70 plants.
Met up with all the locals including Ger v d Beuken
and Gert Hoek plus Bart Moerland, yes a good event.
Some interesting lectures, MM was in form.

[Leiomerus]

Hi Adrian,

I regret I didn't see you in Utrecht, probably because the event was so crowded, there were so many plants and so little time. I had to leave early too.
I hope you enjoyed my pictures, shown in the lecture given by Kris De Raeymaeker.
I also acquired many plants, of course mainly Saxifrages. 

Greetings from Leiomerus

[adrian young]

Hi Leiomerus
The Utrecht plant fair was great, got many plants,
Bart gave me a lot of saxes.
I enjoyed the pics from your garden.
I shall definitely go again.   

[ranunculus]

At a friend's house today ... Saxifraga oppositifolia with a twenty two inch diameter. Haven't encountered anything as large or as symmetrical in the wild - and he swears he doesn't trim it.