Saxifraga fortunei

Plant Characteristics
Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width:	⇔	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early fall, mid fall, late fall

Scientific Names
Saxifragaceae >	Saxifraga >	fortunei >

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Read about Saxifraga fortunei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saxifraga fortunei, Hook. (Bergenia Fortunei, Stein). Perennial, scarcely (if at all) sarmentose, up to 2 ft.: lvs. dark green, one-colored, basal, thick, strigose-pilose, rounded-reniform, nerved, somewhat 7-lobed, the lobes rounded, strongly and acutely laciniate-serrate; petioles longer than the blade, thick, sheathing, with the sheaths ciliolate-dentate: infl. loosely paniculate, borne on a stout, erect, strigose-pilose scape; the panicle-branches glandular, spreading, 4-7-fld.; pedicels nodding: fls. white; calyx-lobes ovate, rather obtuse, spreading; petals 1-nerved, unequal, 4 smaller, lanceolate, very entire or subentire, the fifth much longer, 3 or 4 times larger than the others, strongly serrate. June-Oct. Japan.—A very showy species which is not entirely hardy in England, requiring winter protection. Var. tricolor, Hort., is a form with the lvs. irregularly blotched with rose, white, and yellow. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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