Saxifraga (Mossy Group) 'Pearly King' (15)

Alpine Rockery

An evergreen perennial forming a low mound of divided foliage arranged in rosettes and topped in spring by an abundance of cup-shaped white flowers

Position

Full sun, Partial shade

Chalk, Loam, Sand

0.1-0.5 metres

0.1-0.5 metres

Chalk Loam Sand

Full sun Partial shade

Family: Saxifragaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Matforming
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: Accepted
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: Saxifraga section saxifrages are mat-forming evergreen perennials with small, lobed leaves and 5-petalled white, pink, yellow or red flowers in small clusters on erect stems in late spring or early summer

Grow in humus-rich, moist but very well-drained, alkaline or neutral soil in light shade

Propagate by detaching individual rosettes and rooting as cuttings

No pruning required

Generally disease-free