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Saxifraga burseriana

Saxifraga burseriana
Photo: Francesco Rigotti, CC BY-SA 4.0

Saxifraga burseriana is a small cushion-forming alpine saxifrage with white flowers, native to the eastern Alps. It grows best in cool, gritty, very well-drained conditions, often in a rock garden or alpine trough.

Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately during growth and let the top of the mix dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging, especially in winter.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix such as loam with grit or stone chips; alkaline to neutral preferred.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters, around -20 °C; tolerates cool summers and dislikes prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Alps
Climate
temperate

About

Saxifraga burseriana, called the early white-flowered saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Saxifraga, native to the eastern Alps; Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, and Slovenia. Its cultivar 'Crenata' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Saxifraga plants

Thick Leaved Saxifrage · Saxifraga candelabrum · Saxifraga cochlearis · Saxifraga cotyledon · Lesser Londonpride · Fortune's Saxifrage · Mossy Saxifrage · Kabschia Saxifrage · Purple mountain saxifrage · Livelong Saxifrage · Creeping saxifrage · Pyrenean Saxifrage

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saxifraga burseriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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