Arends' saxifrage - plant one day and fall in love

Hello my beloved readers! Today I want to introduce you to another beautiful flower for the garden 🌸. Read to the end - discover all the secrets of Arends's attractive saxifrage

Who said that beautiful flowers should be large and immediately striking? Arends' saxifrage is a miniature garden plant that scatters handfuls of beads on the ground.

Everything is beautiful in it: both dense leaves, forming decorative sods, under which the earth is not visible, and numerous lovely flowers. And this whole thing blooms for a whole month, that is, Arends's saxifrage - with full confidence, we can say, a long-playing flower.

Arends' saxifrage is a saxifrage that does not exist in nature

Arends' saxifrage (Saxifraga arendsii) - an artificial hybrid and its multi-colored varieties, bred on the basis of natural species of venerable saxifrage.

Breeders, having shown skills and imagination, did a good job on decorativeness and duration of flowering.

What do we, gardeners, have the bottom line?

Saxifrage is an extremely unpretentious plant for flower beds and alpine hills. If you create more or less favorable conditions for her, then one rosette quickly grows into an emerald carpet. Surprisingly dense: leaves appear to be like moss.

Interesting fact: By the way, because of the ability of Arends' saxifrage to form a fluffy and dense turf, it is sometimes called "moss saxifrage". External similarity - yes, in stock!

But, undoubtedly, the main advantage of Arends' saxifrage is its flowers. They are as simple as possible in shape: five petals on a short peduncle. The height of the plant in a fragrant state is from 10 cm in the smallest varieties to 25 cm in the giant saxifrage 😅

I would say that saxifrage is a girly flower) Its traditional colors are all shades of pink, and the flashy pink and two-tone "Arends" are especially good. But among the hybrid line there are also snow-white shy ones. Choose what you like and better fit into your personal garden 🥀

Landscaping Advice: all saxifrage are ideal inhabitants of the alpine slides. It seems to fill the space between stones - the calling of the plant

The flowering of saxifrage, as I already wrote, is relatively long - on average, 30 days! It occurs during the summer (depending on the variety, less on growing conditions and weather in your region). Therefore, check before buying)

Briefly about caring for a saxifrage

It would be dishonest to write what a nice and beautiful flower, without writing a word about leaving. And it is very simple:

• The ideal location is partial shade, but Arends will look pretty under the sun.
• "Arends", although it is a hybrid, kept the parents from growing on poor soil without losing their decorative effect.
• The only caveat is to protect the soil from drought.
• Old turf can creep and look loose over the years, then rejuvenation will come to the rescue. But you have to do this once every 8-10 years, and the rest of the time you can admire without worries.
• The saxifrage is well prepared for the Russian winter and does not require shelter (except for young and weak plants, which must be protected by spruce branches or another option for insulation from frost).

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