About
Hare Knoll Beauty' is an encrusted saxifrage producing evergreen mats of blue-green leaf rosettes with grey lime deposits. In early summer, sprays of small, pink flowers are produced on 20cm stems.
About the genus
Saxifraga can be annuals, biennials, evergreen or herbaceous perennials, mostly mat-forming in habit, with simple or palmately lobed leaves and starry or rounded flowers which may be solitary of in panicles or cymes
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeChalk, Sand
Soil pHAlkaline
Soil moistureWell-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing, East-facing
ExposureExposed
UK hardinessH5
Plant details
Plant typeAlpine Rockery
HabitClump forming
FoliageEvergreen
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesPatio and container plants, Rock garden, Gravel garden
Care notes
CultivationGrow in moderately fertile, very well-drained, alkaline soil in full sun, or in a pot in an alpine house using 50:50 peat-free, loam-based compost and sharp grit
PruningNo pruning required
PropagationPropagate by separating individual rosettes and rooting as cuttings
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids, slugs, vine weevil and glasshouse red spider mite
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free