About
An elegant, large, deciduous shrub to about 3m from China with small, oval, glossy, dark green leaves and large, open panicles of small, white, honey-scented flowers in mid to late summer, followed by small, purple-black berries. A refined and ornamental privet for a sunny, well-drained, mixed shrub border.
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
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers, hanging baskets.
Care notes
CultivationPlant after last frost in fertile soil.
PruningDeadhead regularly.
PropagationGrow from seed in spring.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.