Another exceptional introduction from the masters of their craft at Aberconwy Nursery in Wales.  This red-flowered mossy saxifage is one we were smitten by - along with literally every other plant - when we visited this Mecca for the alpine plant enthusiast.  We visited Aberconwy and Bodnant in March and had to breathe into our paper lunch bags to keep from passing out.

This recent introduction is likely a hybrid of S. umbrosa 'Primuloides' and S. paniculata and is an exceptionally neat plant in appearance with tidy rosettes of leaves edged in a pale dentition.  Lightest pink flowers set off by darker pink eyes and pink stamens held on short pink stems.  Great rock garden plant for north or east exposure with a bit of lime.

This is a very good silver encrusted Saxifrage from the Maritime Alps with full 12" panicles of white flowers and was granted an Award of Garden Merit.  Rock gardens and troughs, this would beautifully fill a 3-4 inch crevice between rocks.

Saxifraga cochlearis is native to the southeastern Alps and this form 'Major' is speculated to be a hybrid with S. callosa which would account for its extra vigor.  Not a bad thing at all!  This makes clustered rosettes of foliage encrusted in silvery deposits and has white flowers in spring.  Good in a trough or rock garden.

A very good form of the species collected by Dan Hinkley in China.  All parts - leaves, scape or flower stem, flowers - larger than typically found in the species.  Fresh grass green leaves are marked in silver and the flower stems bears a snowstorm of simple white flowers This will thrive in the moist shade garden but prefers light to bright shade.

Rarely does a first glance at a plant so completely peel off the veneer of civility with such an instantaneous upwelling of lust, greed, larceny and deceit as this one: "OMG! I gotta have this - I need at least three - damn - only 2 left - I'll pinch one out of that person's box - who, me?"  Black purple leaves and ruby pink flowers in August-October.

A superlative form of this Saxifrage which we got years ago from Wendy Perry at Bosvigo Plants in England who got it from Elizabeth Strangman at Washfield Nursery.  Very compact with lots of short stems bearlng airy white flowers.  A true connoisseur's plant for moist lightly shaded spots.

Consistent seedlings from a fine selection from Japan, this fall flowering shade perennial has soft old rose flowers that are unusually rounded and though small, there are lots. . 'Mai-hime' or often 'Maihime', translates to "Dancing Girl'' which still seems perfectly appropriate even though these differ from the named form.

Saxifraga fortunei is very diverse with a wide range of leaf shapes, size and flower color.  Makino, who was a preeminent Japanese botanist, assigned various varietal names to these different leaf types which isn’t widely accepted now.  We like it it though.  Small compact form with shallow rounded lobes and white flowers.

Awesome little plant with fresh winter foliage which gives way to 8"-12" tall dense stems with an improbable number of pure white double flowers. Goes summer dormant so don't panic although we still do. Cool plant native to the UK and Europe and favoring vernally wet areas.

We are crackers over this group of Saxifrage and this species pleases us no end.  Rosettes of rounded leaves with a an entrancing (we would be such ideal subjects for hypnosis) purplish coloration where the leaf blade joins the petiole and that dark color lines out through the leaf in the veins.  Small white snowflake flowers typical of the Irregulares section are a perfect combo.

A small cloud of pink flowers on this otherwise white flowered species. One of the easiest species in the section Irregulares to which the more familiar Saxifraga fortunei belongs.  This has the redeeming quality of being able to handle a bit more dry and sun than some of the others but why make it work if you don’t have to?

We assume ithis is a synonym of 'Punctata'  which we received as 'Freckles' as both refer to the heavy sprinkling of red dot on the petals of the white flowers. Excellent trough or rock garden plant and wouldn't mind a little shade during the hottest blaze of the day although we grow ours in full sun but never let them dry out.

This used to be var. kolenatiana from the Caucasus but this widely distributed circumarboreal species has had the species equivalent of a taxonomic black hole occur with numerous varieties, subspecies and genera all ascribed to this one species being sucked into the vast maw of botany never to be seen again.

Presumably a selection by rock garden pioneer H. Lincoln Foster. Tight rosettes of silver-encrusted leaves are complemented by tall sprays of deep red flowers in spring. Thrives in the rock garden, containers, or other sunny areas with excellent drainage. Classic choice for tufa planting should you be so lucky.

A rarity in cultivation, this petite member of the Irregulares section of Saxifraga comes from our collection on the highest peak in the southern Wumengshan in Guizhou.  This was found in a deep cleft in a low limestone face shaded by scrub and is now lost due to habitat destruction.  Nice airy white flowers midsummer.

A superb collection of this Strawberry Saxifrage by the Wynn-Jones of Crug Farm who found this in the Hsitou area of Taiwan. Fantastic green leaves variegated in silver-white and while it could be our imagination taking wing after being bowled over by the foliage, the white flowers seem larger than usual on their 18"-24" stems.  Moist, shade, zone 6-9.

A collection from Japan by the Wynn-Jones from the higher elevations in the mountains of the Kinki Peninsula in central Honshu.  This is very similar to the clone 'Maroon Beauty' which is no diminishment.  Good purplish leaves with paler highlights and impressive flowers for a Sax with tall stems bearing flocks of white blooms.  Moist and shade.

This Strawberry Saxifrage has rich colored leaves quite maroon underneath and intricately marked in silver on top.  This sends out runners like a strawberry which makes new plants at the tips & makes a great groundcover for moist shade.  Dandy & delicate white/pink flowers on 18" stems.

From Hubei comes this smaller form of Saxifraga stolonifera which before taxonomic lumping might have been called S. veitchiana.  Found growing in moss on a shaded cliff face in Abies fargesii forest.  This will spread by strawberry-like stolons and makes a sweet little evergreen groundcover with small airy white flowers.

Nice plants of one of the best of the mossy saxifrages, which buds and flowers quite early in the spring -- an unabashed profusion of red flowers with yellow centers. A easy plant for sun to half sun as long as it has a moisture retentive yet well drained soil.  Great in the rock garden, edging along a path, nice in containers.  Hardy to zone 4.

Nice rosettes of white-edged leaves on this slightly lime encrusted Saxifrage.  A hybrid of S. callosa and S. cotyledon. this will have 12" stems of numerous white flowers flecked in teeny red dots.  Full sun in cool sun areas and in hot areas, a little afternoon shade would not go remiss.  This could be as simple as planting on the back side of a rock in the rock garden.

This is a vastly superior form from Elizabeth Strangman which we received from John Flintoff.  It is regarded as the best pink flowered selection and and puts on a grand show once it becomes a nice patch.  Evergreen and easy in light shade and reasonably moist.