Saxifraga 'Silver Velvet' (_fortunei_) (5/v)
saxifrage 'Silver Velvet'
'Silver Velvet' is a low-growing, clump-forming perennial to 30cm tall. Its rounded, lobed, fleshy leaves are a deep purple-brown colour with silver-grey markings along the veins and red-purple undersides. Upright stems bear loose clusters of pale pink-white flowers in the autumn
Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
Acid, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Brown Purple Red Grey Silver | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Brown Purple Red Grey Silver | |||
| Autumn | Pink White | Brown Purple Red Grey Silver | ||
| Winter | Brown Purple Red Grey Silver |
Position
- Full shade
- Partial shade
Aspect
South–facing or North–facing or West–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered Hardiness
H4Botanical details
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Clump forming
- 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
- Name status
Accepted
- Horticultural Group
- Irregulares section saxifrages are shade-tolerant, usually herbaceous perennials forming rosettes broad, palmately lobed leaves, with leafless stems bearing lax panicles of small flowers with short upper, and longer lower petals, in summer or autumn
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in moist but well-drained soil in deep or partial shade. Suitable for a rock garden or border
Propagation
Propagate by division of clumps
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- Cottage and informal garden
- Patio and container plants
- Rock garden
- Flower borders and beds
- Underplanting of roses and shrubs
- Garden edging
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
May be susceptible to slugs and vine weevil
Diseases
Generally disease-free
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