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One of the most notable of families of rock garden plants. |
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| SILVER AND ENCRUSTED
FORMS: Hard mounds of silvery-grey foliage. May to June. Lime improves encrustation. In general, the flower stems vary from 15-30 cm. unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8800 | SAXIFRAGA CALLOSA V. LANTOSCANA A superb garden plant of spidery silver-leaved rosettes. Arching sprays of large white flowers in profusion. Alps. $4.50 |
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| 8809 | S. HOSTII SSP. HOSTII Large rosettes of linear, recurved and lime-encrusted leaves. Similar to S. crustata, this subspecies forms a mat rather than a cushion, by its numerous offsets. Compact branched panicles carry several white flowers with red spots. Alps. $4.50 |
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| 8866 | S. HOSTII SSP. RHAETICA This subspecies varies from the preceding one by smaller more slender basal leaves, pointed at the tips. The margins are more finely toothed and it forms more or less a mat rather than a cushion. Overall a more delicate plant. Alps. $4.50 |
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| 8867 | S. LONGIFOLIA H-60-70 cm. Perfectly symmetrical silver rosettes put out huge pyramidal wands of white blooms. The beautiful rosettes expand to 20 cm wide before they set forth their exquisite inflorescences. Its numerous leaves are narrow and highly lime-encrusted. Monocarpic in nature, the rosettes take several years to bloom and then die. For best effect plant in a raised bed or a trough. Pyrenees. $6.00  |
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| 8868 | S. ‘MONARCH’ H-60 cm. An S. cotyledon and possibly S. hostii cultivar of great garden value. Large open rosettes of strap-like shiny green leaves form loose cushions. Sturdy stems support enormous panicles of white flowers. Very vigorous and floriferous, this hybrid just won an Award of Garden Merit at the Silver Sax trials at Wisley. Thanks to Rex Murfitt for the plant and Adrian Young for the name and up-to-date information. Garden origin. $6.00 |
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| 8801 | S. PANICULATA ‘COCKSCOMB’ Crowded silver rosettes with leaves crested at the center resembling a cock’s comb. White flowers. An intriguing mutation from Frank Cabot’s garden. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8802 | S. PAN. SSP. CARTILAGINEA ‘FOSTER’S RED’ Sprays of deep red flowers in early summer on dense mats of green encrusted rosettes. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8805 | S. PAN. ‘DR.CLAY’ With intense silver-grey hairy rosettes, this cultivar is quite distinct. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8806 | S. PAN. ‘ESTHER’ Described in Six Hills’s 1931catalog as “a beautiful hybrid with brilliant encrusted foliage and bold sprays of softest yellow.” Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8807 | S. PAN. ‘FRANCES CADE’ Resembling a small S. longifolia, this neat hybrid bears pure white flowers with transparent red dots. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8808 | S. PAN. ‘HIRSUTA’ A unique form with broad spathe-like leaves of dull olive hue and dense white hairs. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8810 | S. PAN. ‘LAGRAVEANA’ This compact form from France has toothed and beaded leaved rosettes. Sprays of pretty white flowers from dark red stems. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8812 | S. PAN. ‘LUTEA’ A particularly attractive cultivar with large rosettes somewhat incurving. Leaves are pale green and narrow. Red stems bear pretty pale yellow blooms. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8813 | S. PAN. ‘MINOR’ A petite S. paniculata form. Excellent for crevice or trough planting! Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8814 | S. PAN. ‘MINUTIFOLIA’ Slowly creeping mat of minute grey rosettes. Starry white flowers. The tiniest form. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8815 | S. PAN. ‘PUNCTATA’ A stunning form of large leaf rosettes slightly beaded with heavily red-spotted white flowers. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8817 | S. PAN. ‘ROSEA’ Masses of pink flowers on this lovely form with broad pointed leaves on medium encrusted rosettes. Bulgaria. $4.50 |
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| 8818 | S. PAN. ‘REX’ A very silvery form with 20 cm. mahogany-red stems. Its large round creamy-white flowers are unspotted. Quite attractive. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8821 | S. PAN. ‘VENETIA’ A most pretty form. Bright green rosettes display leaves with backs flushed ruby-red all year. Venetian Alps. $4.50 |
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| 8819 | S. ‘SOUTHSIDE SEEDLING’ H-35 cm. An exquisite S. cotyledon hybrid with huge leaf rosettes and graceful stems that carry large white flowers with heavy red spots as to appear pink. Garden origin. $6.00 |
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| 8823 | S. x ‘WINNIFRED BEVINGTON’ Very unique and pretty with neat scalloped green leaves edged in silver. Panicles of white flowers with cerise spotted petals flushed pink at base. Garden origin. $4.50 |
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| 8824 | S. x ZIMMETERI A distinct natural hybrid. Tight carpets of leathery rosettes with grey leaf margin. White flowers with orange anthers. Austria. $4.50 |
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| PORPHYRION (KABSCHIA AND ENGLERIA TYPES) Classic alpines with cushion foliage and colourful short stemmed flowers in February and April. Great for troughs and tufa plantings. We offer mostly garden selections or cultivars with parentage of European origins. |
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| 8825 | SAXIFRAGA x APICULATA ‘ALBA’ H-8 cm. A white form of S. ‘Gregor Mendel.’ Loose mounds of rich green leaves, white flowers. $4.50 |
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| 8865 | S. BIFLORA X OPPOSITIFOLIA H-2 cm. A natural hybrid that forms vigorous mats that bear studs of clawed, widely spaced petals of bright red. Austria. $6.00 |
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| 8826 | S. ‘BOSTON SPA’ H-4 cm. Sprawling mats made of spiny green rosettes. Gleaming yellow racemes. A choice old cultivar. $6.00 |
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| 8869 | S. ‘BOHEMIA’ H-5 cm. An exceptional cultivar listed as a Kraus introduction forms hummocks of green rosettes with lime encrustation on the leaf margins and lovely orange blooms. We are grateful to Steve Doonan for this one. $8.00 |
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| 8870 | S. ‘BRIDGET’ H-10 cm. Domes of tight silver rosettes 2 cm. wide carry loosely branching stems of up 12 mauve-pink flowers. A very attractive and floriferous hybrid. $6.00 |
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| 8828 | S. ‘DRAKULA’ ( x FERDINANDI-COBURGI ) H-10
cm. A good form of small stature but vigorous. Clusters of intense yellow large flowers. Grey spiny leaves. $6.00 |
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| 8829 | S. ‘ELIOT FORD’ H-3 cm. This highly attractive Linc Foster cultivar has short-stemmed long lasting radiant lilac-pink dish-shaped blooms. Nearly flat hard domes of short flat rosettes of glaucous green leaves. $6.00 |
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| 8831 | S. FEDERICI-AUGUSTI SSP. GRISEBACHII H-10 cm. This showy Engleria species has silvery-leaved flattened rosettes which unfurl into stunning flower spikes. Balkans. $6.00 |
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| 8832 | S. FERDINANDI-COBURGI SSP. RADOSLAVOFFII H-3-8 cm. Grey-green rosettes form robust irregular domes with stems that carry terminal clusters of golden-yellow. Bulgaria & Greece. $6.00 |
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| 8834 | S. ‘GODIVA’ H-5 cm. Dense, tight, flattened domes of rich-green rosettes. Minutely waved soft lilac flowers. $6.00 |
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| 8860 | S. ‘GOLDEN PRAGUE’ H-6 cm. This very choice cultivar is vigorous, long blooming and very floriferous. Late blooming, congested, many-flowered cymes on matt green mounds. Its blooms start out as yellow changing to orange and then salmon as its blooming period peaks. $8.00 |
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| 8833 | S. ‘GREGOR MENDEL’ H-8 cm. Easy cultivar, spreading to a large mat of rich green spiky foliage; soft primrose-yellow flowers. $4.50 |
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| 8835 | S. ‘HANNELORE’ H-6 cm. A lovely and slow growing form of dense, hard, domed cushions. Branched cymes carry open, starry, pure white flowers. A good grower. $6.00 |
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| 8836 | S. ’HINDHEAD SEEDLING’ H-8 cm. Large soft yellow flowers on tight grey foliage. Slow spreader. $6.00 |
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| 8837 | S. ‘HOCKER EDGE’ H-7 cm. Slow growing non-spiny rosettes of roundish, thick leaves. Pretty, sculpted pale pinkish fading to pale lilac blooms. Very different. $6.00 |
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| 8871 | S. IRANICA H-5 cm. Hard mats of tiny rosettes tightly congested. Clusters of large pure white flowers sometimes flushing into pink. Its large handsome flowers are in contrast to the small rosettes. Iran. $6.00 |
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| 8838 | S. ‘IRENA’ H-6 cm. Blue-green irregular rosettes, white flowers. A dainty cultivar from Kraus. $6.00 |
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| 8839 | S. ‘JENKENSIAE’ H-8 cm. Easy to please, strong and free flowering with tight foliage covered with pink saucers. $6.00 |
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| 8840 | S. ‘JOSEF MANES’ H-7 cm. A fine cultivar of slow growth with rather flat rosettes of glaucous green. Cymes of cup-shaped deep bright yellow blooms. $6.00 |
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| 8841 | S. ‘JUPITER’ H-8 cm. A stunning S. ‘Luteola’ x S. ‘Winifred’ hybrid. Large flowers of orange-yellow fading to beige-yellow rest on short stems. Vigorous cushions of hard tight habit. $6.00 |
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| 8842 | S. ‘KATH DRYDEN’ H-8 cm. Silver encrusted compact green rosettes and pale bluish-pink flowers with dark center on short stems. $6.00 |
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| 8843 | S. ‘LABE’ H-5 cm. Undeniably one of the best. A Czech cultivar with huge white flowers and dull green rosettes. Popular for its late bloom. April or May. $6.00 |
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| 8844 | S. ‘MARIANNA’ H-8 cm. A choice hybrid that bears many handsome, large, long-lasting blooms of soft yellow. Medium size rosettes of lime encrusted bright green leaves. $6.00 |
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| 8872 | S. ‘MARIA LOUISA’ H-8 cm. Pure white flowers on compact cymes. Compact domes of intensely silver, widely-lanced rosettes. One of the first to flower, this elegant cultivar should be in every collection. $6.00 |
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| 8845 | S. ‘MILLSTREAM CREAM’ H-8 cm. An enchanting Linc Foster S.x elizabethae seedling of long lasting creamy yellow blooms. Simply a great plant! $6.00 |
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| 8846 | S. ‘MONA LISA’ H-3-7 cm. Distinct in shape, forming glossy green rosettes shaped like little green pine cones. A reliable display of vivid yellow clusters. $6.00 |
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| 8862 | S. OPPOSITIFOLIA H-2 cm. Our own selection from Labrador. This is a vigorous tight cushion found growing in moist acid rocks. Silver-green rosettes dotted with purple-pink blooms. Circumpolar. $6.00 |
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| 8863 | S. OPPOSITIFOLIA ‘A.C. U. BERRY’ H-2 cm. A form of tight petite rosettes and lovely violet purple blooms. A worthy garden selection by Mrs. Berry of Berry Botanic Gardens, and we were fortunate to obtain it from Steve Doonan. $6.00 |
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| 8864 | S. OPPOSITIFOLIA ‘VACCARIANA’ H-2 cm. Another beautiful selection of this very variable species. Dense cushions of deep green and especially large flowers of radiant purple-pink. $6.00 |
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| 8847 | S. ‘PEACH BLOSSOM’ H-7 cm. Choice and fairly vigorous distinguished by its delicate, satiny, creamy-pink blooms. $6.00 |
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| 8848 | S. ‘PENELOPE’ H-4 cm. A magnificent cultivar with exceptional large flowers of amber petals marked with rose veins. A good grower for crevice and troughs. $6.00 |
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| 8849 | S. ‘PRINCESS’ H-8 cm. Dense, spiny grey mats with pure white flowers. A long bloomer. $6.00 |
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| 8850 | S. ‘PSEUDO-SALOMONII’ H-5-9 cm. Flat-topped clusters of pure white on small, slightly loose cushions. A robust form. $6.00 |
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| 8873 | S. ‘RIVERSLEA’ H-5 cm. Hard, compact mounds of broad-leaved, heavily-encrusted green rosettes. Stems bear up to 3 large, satiny, bell-shaped flowers of rich rose-purple. A neat, vigorous plant. $6.00 |
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| 8851 | S. ‘ROBIN HOOD’ H-10 cm. An old cultivar with large, widely open, distinctive flowers with rose-pink petals. Rosettes of stiff incurved leaves. A very worthy plant. $6.00 |
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| 8852 | S. ’ROSEMARIE’ H-5 cm. An outstanding plant with dense, light green rosettes and magnificent rose-pink blooms. A good grower in part shade. $6.00 |
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| 8853 | S. ‘ROSINA SUNDERMANN’ H-6 cm. Small rounded cushions; stemless white flowers. Choice. $6.00 |
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| 8874 | S. ‘R.V. PRITCHARD’ H-5 cm. Tight habit of tiny, grey, spiny leaves and large pastel-pink solitary flowers. A worthy cultivar named after an esteemed hybridizer. $6.00 |
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| 8875 | S. ‘SUENDERMANII’ H-12 cm. Lovely rosy-pink flowers on nodding panicles extending from irregular domes of open silver-blue rosettes. Decorative and long flowering. $6.00 |
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| 8854 | S. ‘SALOMONII’ H-5 cm. A more evenly formed cushion than S. pseudo-salomonii. Dense, flattened hummocks with pure white, cup-shaped flowers. $6.00 |
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| 8855 | S. SANCTA ‘MACEDONICA’ H-6-8 cm. A garden-worthy species. Dark green spiny humps; bright yellow flowers. Flowers best in austere conditions. Greece. $4.50 |
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| 8857 | S. ‘WALTER IRVING’ H-5 cm. A very heavy bloomer of rich pink flowers with some of the tightest foliage of any cultivar. $6.00 |
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| 8858 | S. ‘YOUR DAY’ (‘TVUJ DEN’) H-5
cm. A magnificent Jen Burgel cultivar of compact form, bright green leaves and large pink blooms. $8.00 |
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| 8876 | S. ‘YOUR SUCCESS’ (‘TVUJ USPECH’)
H-5 cm. Miniature emerald-green pads bear almost stemless open flowers of a vivid reddish-pink shade. $8.00 |
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| OTHER TYPES: |
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| 8877 | SAXIFRAGA CESPITOSA H-3-8 cm. The Tufted Saxifrage as it is otherwise known, is a distinct and pretty plant of bright green rosettes composed of pointed three-lobed leaves. Short racemes support creamy-white flowers. Being one of the parents of the Mossy Hybrids, it is best grown in a shady crevice or a moist gravelly spot of a raised bed. From wild seed collected in Newfoundland where plants were growing on wet mossy rocks in a very inhospitable site. Circumpolar. $5.00 |
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| 8878 | SAXIFRAGA TAYGETEA H-15-20 This delicate and graceful member of the Cotylea Section hails from the high mountains of Greece. It resembles S. rotundifolia. but more refined in form. Leaves are kidney-shaped, glabrous, with up to nine crenations or shallow lobes. They form tight mats of mint-green. Dainty sprays of reddish-purple-spotted, white flowers. Easy in the garden if planted in gravelly, semi-shaded, humus-rich site. From high elevations on Mount Timfi, Northern Greece. $6.00 |
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| 8859 | SAXIFRAGA VEITCHIANA H-15 cm. Smaller than S. stolonifera, with large green leaves. Numerous red-spotted white flowers with some orange blotching. Plantlets are formed on thread-like runners. Likes part shade. China. $4.00 |
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