Botanical Name: Saxifraga stolonifera
Common Name: Strawberry geranium, Strawberry begonia
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Clumping, creeping, spreading plant with long runners which produce small plantlets – can be used as a groundcover
Height to 12"
Spread to 12"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/outdoors prefers bright light indoors, shade outdoors
Soil prefers a moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness Hardy – Zones 1-9, 14-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves Orbiculate to cordate leaves, dark green with hairy surfaces; undersides of leaves are densely spotted with purple; upper surfaces line with silvery veins
Flowers loose panicles of tiny, white, bell-shaped flowers which can be held up to 2' above the foliage
Fruit tiny nutlet
 
Propagation:
runners, division
 
Usage:
groundcover in moist, shady areas; also used as a hanging basket plant – can be used in forest style landscapes, mixed with azaleas or other small-scale shrubs
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs ample watering – not drought tolerant
Fertilizing slow-release fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove dead flowers and dead leaves
Pests/Diseases mealybug, root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Central Europe
Family: Saxifragaceae

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