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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on May 23, 2022, 09:30:26 AM
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Saw this in the alpine house at Harlow Carr on Saturday but no label and no idea - even from the RHS guy.
Suggestions were - Heuchera or Saxifraga fortunei.
Does any one recognize this beauty?
JohnnyD
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Not a scooby doo, Johnny- but I like it! :P
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It really does look very much like my Saxifraga fortunei Hi No Mai, but ..................
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It really does look very much like my Saxifraga fortunei Hi No Mai, but ..................
A plant which I discover is also called the Hi No Mai Velvet Saxifrage - which certainly relates to the foliage of the plant seen at Harlow Carr.......
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I don't know the Japanese cultivar, but this looks an awful lot like the most common alpine species in Yunnan: Saxifraga rufescens. It's spring flowering, bone hardy, and usually has red markings on foliage as well as furry, red pedicels.
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http://www.asianflora.com/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga-rufescens.htm
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I think I am favouring the Hi No Mai route. JohnnyD
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I got it from Edrom so it is possible that Harlow Carr got it from them too.
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I ordered it last week. JohnnyD :)