north facing stone wall

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17) Saxifraga, Heuchera and other Saxifragaceae

Hi
I have attached a stone wall we built two years ago with the growing saxifrages got from nurseries.This year all of them are doing well.
Krish

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tropicalgirl251... (not verified)

Wed, 05/02/2012 - 7:38am

Hi Rick
I tried some campanula troegerae seedlings and sempervivums on the south side of the wall but all of them were fried by the sun

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tropicalgirl251... (not verified)

Wed, 05/02/2012 - 1:51pm

Hi Hoy
the wall is at  one end of the lawn.the south side where it gets lots of light was made into a woodland garden with a small apple tree giving shades to most of the plants. At the edge of the wall on the south side I planted some campanula seedlings  germinated from the NARGS seeds.none of them survived. the saxifrages on the north side are doing very well. I will get some pictures soon.two saxifrages that grew nicely last year were victimized by birds .
krish

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cohan (not verified)

Wed, 05/02/2012 - 1:52pm

Looks good! I have some north facing spots I was also thinking about some saxes for...

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Howey (not verified)

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 4:06am

Welcome to the Forum Krish.  Your Saxifrage growing on the north side of your wall looks great - now I know where to plant the one "Fair Maid of Kent" I recently bought at a plant sale.  I have learned to plant things that "don't like wet feet" on the south side of Cercis canadense where they get the "hot and dry" they need.  Interesting how a little shade or lack of it can make such a life or death difference.  We never stop learning, do we?  Fran

Frances Howey
London, Ontario, Canada
Zone 5b