Saxifraga Sugar Plum Fairy ('Toujya') (_fortunei_) (5)

Synonyms

Saxifraga 'Toujya' (_fortunei_)

Herbaceous Perennial

A clump-forming perennial growing to 25cm tall. Clusters of pink flowers are borne from late summer to autumn above glossy, green leaves

Full shade, Partial shade

Loam, Sand

0.1-0.5 metres

0.1-0.5 metres

Loam Sand

Full shade Partial shade

Family: Saxifragaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Bushy
Genus: Saxifraga can be annuals, biennials, evergreen or herbaceous perennials, mostly mat-forming in habit, with simple or palmately lobed leaves and starry or rounded flowers which may be solitary of in panicles or cymes
Name Status: Trade
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea: Irregulares section saxifrages are shade-tolerant, usually herbaceous perennials forming rosettes broad, palmately lobed leaves, with leafless stems bearing lax panicles of small flowers with short upper, and longer lower petals, in summer or autumn

Grow in well-drained, moist, humus-rich soil in deep or partial shade

Propagate by division in spring

No pruning required

Generally pest-free but may be susceptible to slugs and vine weevil

Generally disease-free