National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom

Common name: balchder Llundain, London pride, none-so-pretty

Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage)

Distribution: Gardd/Garden

Hardiness: (H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)

Life form: Evergreen perennial • Bytholwyrdd lluosflwydd

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Saxifraga (saks-if-FRAG-uh): Rock breaker; from Latin saxum- (rock or stone) and -frangere (to break).Thought to indicate the medicinal use breaking up kidney, gall or bladder stones in the human body.

Dosbarthiad garddwriaethol / Horticultural Classification: Gymnopera section saxifrages are perennials forming rosettes of evergreen leaves, with leafless stems bearing panicles of small, 5-petalled flowers.

Dyfarniadau / Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Description: An evergreen perennial to 30cm in height, forming wide mats of rosettes of spoon-shaped, long-stalked leaves with scalloped margins. Small pink-flushed white flowers are borne in lax panicles from early summer.