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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on May 23, 2022, 09:30:26 AM

Title: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: JohnnyD on May 23, 2022, 09:30:26 AM
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
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: Maggi Young on May 23, 2022, 12:26:43 PM
Not a scooby doo, Johnny- but I like it!  :P
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: Palustris on May 23, 2022, 05:47:33 PM
It really does look very much like my Saxifraga fortunei Hi No Mai, but ..................
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: Maggi Young on May 23, 2022, 08:25:46 PM
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.......
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: arisaema on May 25, 2022, 06:36:36 AM
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.
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: Vinny 123 on May 25, 2022, 05:05:11 PM
http://www.asianflora.com/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga-rufescens.htm
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: JohnnyD on May 28, 2022, 10:52:37 AM
I think I am favouring the Hi No Mai route. JohnnyD
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: Palustris on May 28, 2022, 12:45:51 PM
I got it from Edrom so it is possible that Harlow Carr got it from them too.
Title: Re: Seen at Harlow carr
Post by: JohnnyD on May 28, 2022, 01:08:00 PM
I ordered it last week. JohnnyD :)
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