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Image shows lovely flowers of  Saxifraga stolonifera or Aaron's Beard or Creeping Rockfoil or Creeping Saxifrage or Mother of Thousands or Roving Sailor or Strawberry Begonia or Strawberry Geranium or  Strawberry  Saxifrage or Saxifraga sarmentosa or  Saxifraga stolonifera f. cuscutiformis or Saxifraga stolonifera var. mmaculata or  Saxifraga veitchjiana

Eye-catching foliage of Saxifraga stolonifera

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Origin:  Native to Europe/Eastern Asia
Light:  Light shade/part-full shade
Height:  6-12"
Spread:  6-9"
Blooms:  Showy, small, white with bright yellow ovary and distinct pointed petals, mid-Spring
Foliage:  Evergreen, blue-green, variegated, velvety 
Soil:  Well-drained, neutral, alkaline
Water:  High, allow soil to dry between waterings
Propagation:  Runners, rootball /rhizome divisions
Uses:  Indoors, rock garden, groundcover, hanging basket, window boxes, containers, shade garden
Comments:  Saxifraga stolonifera or Aaron's Beard or Creeping Rockfoil or Creeping Saxifrage or Mother of Thousands or Roving Sailor or  Strawberry Begonia or Strawberry Geranium or  Strawberry  Saxifrage or Saxifraga sarmentosa or  Saxifraga stolonifera f. cuscutiformis or Saxifraga stolonifera var. mmaculata or  Saxifraga veitchjiana is a vivaparous perennial groundcover with a trailing growth habit.  It is a native of Europe and Eastern Asia.  In mid-Spring, Saxifraga stolonifera produces small showy white blossoms with bright yellow ovary and distinct pointed petals.  Aaron's Beard has rounded blue-green, variegated, velvety  foliage with gray veins.  Creeping Rockfoil is easily propagated from runners, rhizome or rootball divisions.  Creeping Saxifrage thrives best in well-drained, moist, alkaline soil in part to full shade, ideally 60 degrees Fahrenheit days and 40 degrees nights.  Mother of Thousands is evergreen; it produces many plantlets on runners around the mother plant in humid conditions.  Allow soil to dry between waterings.  Roving Sailor spreads via runners and the plantlets take root when it touches the ground.  Use Strawberry Begonia as groundcovers or in hanging baskets allowing the runners to cascade freely down the sides forming eye-catching rosettes. Strawberry Geranium can be container cultivated and brought indoors, placing it near a brightly lit window.  Strawberry  Saxifrage makes an excellent foliage plant in the absence of its blossoms.  Use them in window boxes for added colors.  Saxifraga sarmentosa looks exquisite in the shade garden.  It is carefree and low maintenance.  Mulch  Saxifraga stolonifera f. cuscutiformis in Winter.   
Hardiness Zones :  5-10

Saxifraga stolonifera  (Aaron's Beard, Creeping Rockfoil, Creeping Saxifrage, Mother of Thousands, Roving Sailor, Strawberry Begonia, Strawberry Geranium, Strawberry  Saxifrage, Saxifraga sarmentosa,  Saxifraga stolonifera f. cuscutiformis, Saxifraga stolonifera var. mmaculata, Saxifraga veitchjiana) plants are for sale at -
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