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Saxifraga longifolia

  • Perennial
  • 5-40 cm high
  • Light-coloured flowers
  • Silvery-grey foliage
  • Evergreen
The most beautiful gray-leaved sax. Every year the rosette gets bigger and more beautiful. Monocarp (= dies after flowering)

Garden use

Use

Pergola Pot Troughs Solitary

Site and growing conditions

Scree Crevice garden Gravel garden Rockgarden

Ornamental value and special features

Monocarpic Wintergreen

Growth

Slow

Care

Moderate

Characteristics

Height 5 - 40 cm
Flowering time May - June
Flower colour white
Leaf colour silvery white
Growth habit rosette
Growth rate slow
Hardiness down to about -20°C

Site conditions

Light full sun, sunny
Moisture average
Soil highly permeable, pervious

Botanical information

Botanical name Saxifraga longifolia
Genus Saxifraga
Family Saxifragaceae
Saxifraga
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