{"id":18487,"date":"2017-06-10T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2017-06-10T14:44:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:44:29","slug":"saxifraga-a-collectors-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/saxifraga-a-collectors-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Saxifraga a Collectors Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are enough different saxifraga within the genus to satisfy the most ardent plant collector and breeder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18491\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/037.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/037-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/037-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saxifraga Karels Carpet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are over 300 identified species and a great number of hybrids referenced in to sixteen separate sections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18492\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/038.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/038-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/038-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saxifraga\u00c2\u00a0 burseriana\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;Sulphur&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Then in addition some of the main sections will hybridise and there are numerous variations to collect.<br \/>\nKabschias and\u00c2\u00a0 Englerias are quite similar hybridising like mad. They flower early in pots or tufa crevices. Silver Saxifrages <em>Ligulatae<\/em>, Dwarf Cushion <em>Porphyrion<\/em>, London Pride Saxifrages <em>Gymnopera<\/em> and Mossy Saxifrages are other groups to collect<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18493\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/050.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/050-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/050-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div><strong>National Collections &amp; Societies<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0The Plant Heritage National Collection of Kabschia Saxifrages is housed at Waterperry. The curator, Adrian Young, says &#8216;a huge band of followers are attracted by their size and compact habit as well as the beautiful flowers&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Cambridge University houses the National Collection of European Saxifrage in the Mountains House<\/li>\n<li>The Saxifrage Society membership is a very reasonable at a fee of \u00c2\u00a310 per annum.<\/li>\n<li>The Alpine Garden Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are enough different saxifraga within the genus to satisfy the most ardent plant collector and breeder. Saxifraga Karels Carpet There are over 300 identified species and a great number of hybrids referenced in to sixteen separate sections. Saxifraga\u00c2\u00a0 burseriana\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;Sulphur&#8217; Then in addition some of the main sections will hybridise and there are numerous variations to collect. Kabschias and\u00c2\u00a0 Englerias are quite similar hybridising like mad. They flower early in pots or tufa crevices. Silver Saxifrages Ligulatae, Dwarf Cushion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/alpine-rockery\/saxifraga-a-collectors-dream\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpine-rockery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}