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David Nicholson

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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #60 on: June 14, 2013, 09:59:12 AM »
Is there anybody there?
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #61 on: June 14, 2013, 01:29:37 PM »
We're all far too busy lurking David ;) ;D

A handsome plant, well grown.  I really like the symmetry of the rosettes, and the scape is spectacular.
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #62 on: June 14, 2013, 07:23:41 PM »
Thank you Ashley, you restore my faith in humanity's existence  ;D

But I still don't know what my plant is-Adrian where are you?
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2013, 04:57:00 PM »
Two flowering now.

Saxifraga longifolia hybrid
S. 'Hareknoll Beauty'
Bo'ness. Scotland

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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2013, 07:16:03 PM »
Graham, your first pic looks very similar to the plant I showed in Reply 59.
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #65 on: June 15, 2013, 08:08:57 PM »
Hi David, as I'm no expert I didn't reply to your original posting.

They do look similar and as hybrids I suspect they will all look slightly different. I bought mine as longifolia before I knew that longifolia only has a single rosette and as this has many offsets I just record it as a hybrid.
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #66 on: June 19, 2013, 09:37:48 PM »
I have several saxes on my roof and some are flowering now. Forgotten the name, of course.
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #67 on: June 20, 2013, 05:43:51 PM »
A pair of monocarpic Saxifraga:
-Saxifraga longifolia
-Saxifraga mutata
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Another Saxifraga
« Reply #68 on: June 25, 2013, 08:01:36 PM »
An unusual Saxifraga is the drought loving Saxifraga erioblasta from the Sierra Nevada in Spain.

-March, fresh green cushion
-Flowers appear in May
-Two weeks later, the flowers change to pink
-June, the plant is in dormant.
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #69 on: July 04, 2013, 07:01:43 PM »
One of the many whiteflowered saxes on my shed roof and one Saxifraga cotyledon from the roadside (also in another post).
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Re: Saxifraga 2013
« Reply #70 on: July 12, 2013, 08:56:36 PM »
Blooming now, in a trough where it has been thriving for the past six years, a silver saxifrage with tiny rosettes. Judging from descriptions in M. McGregor's book it is probably Saxifraga cochlearis 'Minor'. It's got lime spots on leaf edges, a red stalk, and rows of spots on petals, just visible in second photo. For scale, edge of trough/pot is about 18-20 mm (3/4 in.)

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