March 22 and this native is just about ready to pop! It is growing in the the alpine house at work so more protected than those outside. Might be open tomorrow if it gets warm enough.
Saxifraga oppositifolia
March 22 and this native is just about ready to pop! It is growing in the the alpine house at work so more protected than those outside. Might be open tomorrow if it gets warm enough.
Comments
Trond Hoy
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 3:20pmIs this compact form typical from your area, Todd? Here they often are more loose.
Todd Boland
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 4:00pmOur local forms are quite different from the European forms...yes, ours are generally tufted and tight, not loose and spreading.
Todd Boland
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Mon, 04/05/2010 - 4:38pmSaxifraga oppositifolia is now open...this one is much paler than most I've seen.
Trond Hoy
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Tue, 04/06/2010 - 11:17amUnusual color, yes.
I don't have S. oppositifolia in my garden but when I drive to Oslo over the mountains it is common along the road.
Todd Boland
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Sun, 04/25/2010 - 3:23pmHere is another S. oppositifolia growing in the alpine house at work.
Todd Boland
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Sun, 04/25/2010 - 3:24pmHelps to add the pic!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Sun, 04/25/2010 - 7:45pmWow, seems late-blooming for one of these guys! I visited the most spectacular alpine garden that I know of today (WOW!) as part of the local alpine garden club's open gardens program, and it appeared all the S. oppositifolia had bloomed already. We almost always miss them in the wild too! (I guess maybe this year we should do a few earlier, snowy slogs up to the alpine zone?)