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Silver or encrusted Saxifrages from the section ligulatae
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On this page we will list our Silvers or Encrusted Saxifrages from the section ligulatae,this group of plants is very important for us Rockgarden lovers,because they flower in a period most of the other alpineplants are already out of flower.
And even without flowers the Silvers are always 'Eyecatchers' with their beautiful rosettes,wich all differ from eachother. The smaller ones are splendid in a tufhole or 'lined' between stones,especially with crevice gardening!


'Lincoln Foster' 'Teckles'
For Silver Saxifraga lovers,we can recommend Beryl Bland's Book 'Silver Saxifrages-A guide to encrusted Saxifrages for Gardeners and Botanists'
Editor;The Alpine Garden Society ISBN 0-900048-69-70
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SAXIFRAGA NAME |
PHOTO FLOWER |
PHOTO ROSETTES |
FLOWER COLOR |
€URO |
DESCRIPTION |
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'Archfield' |
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White light red spotted |
2,00 |
NCC,nice round rosettes,rather big,flowers spotted, x paniculata |
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'Albida' (albertii) |
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white |
2,00 |
Old cultivar now renamed into 'Albida',fl.,white,very good sturdy looking plant,good flowering,NCC. |
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Austria/GH |
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white,few spots |
2,00 |
Saxifraga collected in Austria by G.Hoek,tight,rounded,encrusted lvs.,it looks very good and doing rather well in the garden,recommendable. |
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f.baldensis |
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crimson/white |
2,00 |
Said to be real gem collected on Monte Baldo few years ago,is different from minutifolia,but not sure wether it's the original like the plant Farrer collected. |
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'Bellardii' |
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white |
4,00 |
callosa form,very beautiful Silver,small,long,narrow leaves,slow to propagate. |
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'Bellunensis' ( x churchillii) |
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white |
200 |
Natural hybrid hostii ssp.hostii x paniculata,very nice and beautiful plant,bit slow as hostii,grey on poor soil as paniculata. |
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'Brevifolia' |
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white |
2,00 |
x paniculata form smaller leaves and shorter flower stem than paniculata. |
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'Burnattii' |
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white |
2,00 |
Synoniem x burnattii 'Emile Burnat',charming Silver,recommendable. |
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callosa ssp.catalaunica |
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white |
2,00 |
Probably collected on the Montserrat near Barcelona,broader lvs than in callosa,often big pure white flowers |
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x pectinata form collected on Mnt.Cernohorsky Maglic |
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white |
4,00 |
One of the most beautiful silvers ever seen!,pitty enough rather slow growing so propagation is bit difficult and slow.Much asked for so you must be lucky. |
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'Canis - dalmatica' |
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white/spotted |
2,00 |
Grows well,a good and charming easy choice. |
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callosa var.australis (lantoscana) |
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white few red spots |
3,00 |
callosa var.australis form,smaller and slower form. |
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callosa ssp.latonica |
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white some red spots |
3,00 |
In overall appearance more compact than callosa,nice and good Sax. Bit slow. |
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callosa superba |
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Pure White |
2,00 |
This is a very beautiful charming Silver! Pure white big spike of flowers on rather small rosettes. |
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callosa x cuneifolia |
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White |
3,00 |
Like 'Sospel' listed below,this is a nature hybrid of the same cross but from another area. Somewhat more easier and better growing than 'Sospel'. More open growth and larger stems with more open cluster of flowers.Very interesting Silver |
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'Cecil Davíes' |
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white |
3,00 |
Beautiful,rare and choice Silver,probably a longifolia seedling,a for sure attractive plant but highly in demand,often sold out. |
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'Cockscomb' |
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white/spots |
2,00 |
Very strange but therefor attractive Silver,the 'centre' of the leaves is raised,sort bulge,somewhat slow growing,bit cooler spot. |
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cochlearis |
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pure white |
2,00 |
Variable in size,best are the compact plants with rather dark leaves,wich are slow growing and so tight that propagation is not easy. |
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cochlearis Cairos |
White |
4,00 |
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'Contessa' |
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White,spots at base of petals |
3,00 |
Very nice NCC,with, good big flower clusters. Spots more at the base of the flower petals. Open big sturdy rosettes with silvery edges. |
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cotyledon 'Pyramidalis' |
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white |
2,00 |
One of the better garden cultivars,strong,reliable and good flowering,big,broad rosettes,and huge flower spikes. |
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crustata f New York Sdlg. |
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white |
3,00 |
Very rare and choice dwarfish crustata,wich remain! small in garden situation,smaller,sharper leaves,bit difficult to propagate,by not making offsets,sometimes a few available,first come,first serve. |
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crustata wild forms |
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white to creamy white |
3,00 |
Always crustata seedlings from wild collected seeds,or exe wild collected plants available,nice to see the minor differances. |
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crustata f.Slovenia |
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creamy |
3,00 |
Dwarf crustata collected in Slovenia,bit more flat growing,not so tight and compact as the forma collected by Milan Halada,and bit longer and sharper leaves. Highly in demand. |
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custata collected on the Simplon Pass |
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White |
2,00 |
Nice,cute smaller crustata form. Wild collected on the Simplon Pass. |
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crustata KL dwarf form |
White |
4,00 |
Interesting dwarf form. Stays small and is very very slow growing. Tight growing rosettes,small stems with litlle cluster of flowers. Smetimes a few. | ||
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ssp.cartilaginea |
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white/yellow eye |
2,00 |
Very nice and good form,like the rosettes,longflowering period,recommendable. |
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'Clarence Elliot' |
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pinkish |
2,00 |
umbrosa forma,nice looking Saxifraga,bit sheltered spot,and more humus rich gritty soil,try. |
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'Cotty Spotty' |
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'Duchess' |
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Soft rose-red |
3,00 |
Cute,bitt strange NCC Silver. Very light soft-rose flower color,medium stems. Open irregular bun of rosettes. Good drainage dies not like wet feets. |
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'Dr.Clay' |
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white |
2,00 |
Showy plant,highly in demand,probably a paniculata seedling,`sometimes listed as 'Sampson Clay'. choice Silver! |
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x engleri |
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greenish-white |
2,00 |
Very beautiful nature cross,crustata x hostii,stunning grey on poor soil,compact,tight,hard rosettes. |
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'Esther' |
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soft yellowish/white |
3,00 |
Choice encrusted lvs.on poor soil,attractive unusual fl.color,in garden somewhat slow growing,but a real beautiful recommendable 'must have'. |
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'Francis Cade' |
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white/sometimes few pink spots |
2,00 |
Big,nice rosettes,callosa x cochlearis,very fine Silver. |
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'Fritschiana' |
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white/spots |
2,00 |
Nice and strong reliable Silver wich makes nice hummocks between stones. |
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'Hare Knoll Beauty' |
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deep rose fad rose |
2.00 |
From seeds of 'Kolenatiana',silvery-blue leaves,true fine garden seedling,unusual and rare,but choice,highly in demand. |
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hostii |
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greenish-white some spots |
3,00 |
Eastern Alps,limestone or dolomite,like all the hostii's much,honest,plain Silvers,doing all well in the rockgarden,best on lean,gritty soil. |
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hostii ssp.hostii |
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white few spots |
3,00 |
The leaves are longer,often much longer than in hostii,and not so sharp,also very recommendable,best in poor soil. |
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hostii ssp.rheatica |
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white/spots |
4,00 |
Shorter leaves and often more compact,leaves do have a sort of acute tip,it seem to grow somewhat slower,than hostii and ssp.hostii. |
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f.Imsterberg |
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creamy/white/spots |
2,00 |
Received long ago under this name,wild collected paniculata,wich differs indeed,nice smaller form. |
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'Kathrin' |
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deep rose fad to white |
3,00 |
Difficult Silver,beautiful flower color,plant tends to rot in winter in our lowlands,but with winterprotection and well drained,more humus rich gritty soil,she's doing well,a challenge! |
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'Kathleen Pinsent' |
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Soft Rose/pinkish |
3,00 |
Blue green heavily silvered leaves,fantastic Silver!, find her slow growing an not always that easy to please,but given more humus rich soil very well drained with lots of grit she seems more happy,one of the better,maybe the best? |
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'Kolenatiana' |
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(pinkish-)red |
4,00 |
Real Gem they say, a paniculata ssp cartilaginea form,more sturdy than 'Rosea',leaves much darker than by 'Rosea',wonderfull plant,not so fast,and bit more shady than other silvers,highly recommended,but always in demand. |
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paniculata f.minor |
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white |
2,00 |
Very old plant in our collection,name invalid,not correct,it's a smaller form collected in the wild from paniculata,but differs not enough to receive it's own status,but whatever!,its a worthy,nice,strong,good,honest ltlle saxifraga. |
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kamschaticum |
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White,few spots |
2,00 |
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labradorica |
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white/lemon-greenish sometimes a few spots |
2,00 |
exe.Wild collected,rosettes tend to be more 'round',good compact on poor soil,fine plant,like her a lot(yes,it's a girl) |
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'La Graveana' |
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white |
2,00 |
Nice Silver,flat,bit loose growth,so best on poor soil,very fine and reliable plant,reliable and rather strong. |
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longifolia hybrid |
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white/red spotted |
2,00 |
Unknown,strange thing,doesn't look much as a hybrid of longifolia,but according to the collector it is,nevertheless it's a beautiful plant without doubt. |
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x lhommei Gavarnie |
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white |
2,00 |
longifolia x paniculata collected in the location above Gavarnie,beautiful plant,highly in demand. |
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'Lincoln Foster' |
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Red |
3,00 |
Received many,many years ago under this name,maybe a doubtfull cultivar but very recommendable,good flower color. |
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'Lantoscana Limelight' |
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white |
2.00 |
a callosa var.australis collected at Lantosque,very fine smaller form,worthwile. |
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'Maria Gallettii' |
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white/spots |
2,00 |
paniculata form collected Canada,good growing Silver,rather small rosettes,nice scree plant. |
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'Minimus' |
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white/greasy |
2,00 |
On poor well drained soil this forms a superbe,tight silvery hard math!,heavily lime encrusted,can be your favorite but must have poor soil,in Tuf its slow but breathtaking. |
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'Multipunctata' |
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white/red spotted |
2,00 |
We do not know much about her,probably a garden paniculata seedling,great rosettes!,good flowering,this is all what you aspect from a good silver! |
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sturmiana 'Notata' |
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white/sometimes spots |
2,00 |
x paniculata f.sturmiana cultivar,nice and reliable,scree plant,recommendable. |
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pectinata |
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white,few dots |
3,00 |
Superbe Silver!,very grey on poor soil almost silver-white,heavily lime encrusted lvs.,real slow growing. |
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'Portae' |
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creamy |
2,00 |
Good and reliable sax.,with smaller rosettes with an unusual green leave color,good rich flowering Silver,recommendable. |
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'Pseudo-valdensis' |
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white |
2,00 |
a blueish-grey cochlearis form,often confused with valdensis,therefor named,although a choice and more than nice Sax! |
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'Rainsley-Seedling' |
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creamy/white |
2,00 |
NCC,beautiful plant,probably x paniculata garden hybrid. |
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'Reginald Farrer' |
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pure-white |
3,00 |
callosa x cochlearis cross,long stems with beautiful pure-white flowers,nice 'clump' of rosettes,a true recommendable Silver! |
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'Rex' |
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creamy/white |
3,00 |
Very interesting Silver,but according to many people not so easy to please,sparse flowering,and slow growing,best in rather humus rich but very well gritty soil,it's a real beauty,a 'eyecatcher'once established on a good spot,worth to try indeed! |
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rosea |
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pink |
2,00 |
Probably exe.origin Mnt.Bulgaria,stunning plant for the flowering,highly in demand,choice and recommendable. |
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sturmiana |
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white |
2,00 |
Very good paniculata form,excellent 'filler' between stones! Good and strong paniculata wich deserve a place in every Rockgarden. |
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South Side Seedling White |
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White |
2,00 |
Charming white South Side Seedling. Very good flowering Silver. Big spike like the spotted South Side Seedlings. Also the big rosettes. |
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'Sospel' |
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White |
4,00 |
Nature hybrid of callosa x cuneifolia collected Sospel France. Beautiful rosettes with small stem with cluster of white flowers. Not so easy to propagate. Not fats growing,give good drainage. |
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'St.Johns' |
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creamy/white pink spots |
2,00 |
One of the most attractive Silvers and therefore highly in demand,silver-greyish leaves,very beautiful on poor soil,could be crustata x paniculata,choice. |
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'Silverhill' |
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pure-white |
2,00 |
Very nice Sax.grey rosettes,good flowering,choice,rather slow,best on poor gritty soil. |
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'Silvervalley' |
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Creamy-Yellowish White |
3,00 |
Beautiful Silver from the Alpigena Nursery. Seedling of Cecil Davies with unknown influence. Small very silvery-grey rosettes. Short stem with litlle cluster with yellowish-white flowers. Stays rather small. Very recommendable. |
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SpGH02 Gorges Du Verdon |
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white few spots |
2,00 |
Silver-grey rosettes,a very choice and rare Silver saxifraga collected by G.Hoek,in the Verdon,very recommendable! |
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'Teckles' |
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white/red spots |
3,00 |
Think one of the best and most beautiful flowering Silvers at the moment,it's a NCC,stunning flowering Silver,also highly in demand,first come..... |
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'Tumbling Waters' |
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white |
5,00 |
A beautiful longifolia cross,big impressive rosettes,huge flowers very longlived,rather slow growing abd therefore not so easy to propagate,most wanted Silver nowadays,so you must be lucky,first come first serve,..sorry. |
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valdensis |
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white |
5,00 |
Highly in demand so it's a fast sold out beauty,small fl.spike with just a few flowers!!,bit pointed reflexed thick lvs.,lv surface must be 'rough',named after Waldensian district in SW-Alps and region called the Upper piedmont.Best on very gritty soil,winterprotection. |
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'Venetia' |
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white |
2,00 |
Red stems with pure-white flowers,leaves must have a red-flush underneath throughout the year,it's a paniculata colleted in the Venetian Alps,best on rather poor soil,flat growing,superbe between stones. |
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'Vrenyi' |
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white |
3,00 |
Very beautiful,grey,compact leaves,sometimes a few. |
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'Walpole's variety' |
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white |
2,00 |
Also sold under 'Mnt.Usher',like the ros.,good flowering,attractive Saxifraga. |
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'White Hill' |
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white/greasy |
2,00 |
Like this plant a lot,sort of silvery-blueish lvs.,winter reddish leaves,best on poor very well drained soil. |
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'White Spray' |
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white |
3,00 |
Probably the same as a plant named 'Snowflake',but whatever!,its a beautiful Silver!,very charming flowers. |
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'Winifred Bevington' |
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white |
2,00 |
paniculata x umbrosa,so a intersectional hybrid!,rather rare,good and fine plant. |
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x zimmeteri |
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whitish |
2,00 |
Paniculata x cuneifolia cross,strong,easy reliable Silver,makes a beautiful crevice plant,by conquering stones! |