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'''''Saxifraga stolonifera''''' is a perennial flowering plant known by several common names, including '''Creeping Saxifrage, Strawberry Saxifrage, Creeping Rockfoil''', the quite ambiguous '''"[[Aaron's beard]]"''', and '''Strawberry Begonia''' or '''Strawberry Geranium''' (it is neither a [[begonia]] nor a [[geranium]]). It is native to Asia but has been introduced to other continents, mainly for use as an ornamental. A popular garden flower, it has attractive white blossoms with distinctive pointed petals and bright yellow ovary. ''S. stolonifera'' also sees use as a houseplant. Its creeping green foliage makes a good groundcover. The plant spreads via threadlike [[stolon]] (runners), with plantlets taking root in the vicinity of the mother plant. It is hardy to [[Hardiness zone#North American hardiness zones|USDA zone]] 5.
The foliage is occasionally used fresh or cooked in Japanese cuisine. It was also used as an herbal remedy in Classical Japan.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
An evergreen Perennial growing to 0.15m by 0.3m.
It is hardy to zone 5 and is frost tender. It is in leaf all year, in flower from July to August.
The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It requires moist soil.
Prefers a cool position in a moist humus-rich soil[1]. Prefers an acid soil[200]. Thrives on heavy soils in the milder areas of the country[208]. Usually thrives in a poor soil with a northerly aspect[1]. Grows well in light woodland[200] or in a shady position in a rock garden. The plant is hardy to about -10°c[187]. The leaves and the flowers, however, are liable to be damaged by autumn frosts[200]. A very ornamental plant[1], it is sometimes grown as a house plant[200]. A polymorphic species[1], it is closely related to S. cortusifolia, differing in having runners[200].
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in a cold frame in the spring. Surface sow, or only just cover the seed, and make sure that the compost does not dry out. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse or cold frame for their first winter. Plant them out in late spring after the last expected frosts. Division in spring. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. We have found it best to pot up the smaller divisions and grow them on in a lightly shaded position in a cold frame, planting them out once they are well established in the summer.
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Saxifraga+stolonifera Plants for a Future] - creative commons text incorporated
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->