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Saxifragaceae
Yellow mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga aizoides
Also known as Leptasea vanbruntiae, Saxifraga aizoides var. euaizoides, Saxifraga vanbruntiae, Saxifraga aizoides f. aurantiaca
Native Plants · Alpine · Rock Garden · Saxifrage · Yellow Flowers · Moisture Loving · Cool Climate · Groundcover · Mountain Plant · Perennial
Yellow mountain saxifrage is a charming alpine perennial that produces bright yellow star-shaped flowers and thrives in cool, moist, rocky conditions. It performs best in well-drained gritty or gravelly soil with consistent moisture, making it ideal for rock gardens or alpine troughs. Avoid hot, dry, or waterlogged conditions, as this plant naturally grows along cool mountain streams and wet rocky ledges.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; prefers cool, damp conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- rocky
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 3 in – 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Labrador, Manitoba, Michigan, New York
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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