Frosty Seat. Saxifraga hypnoides, Eve's Cushion, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
There are quite a few common names for this pretty Saxifrage. One is 'Mossy Saxifrage' and another 'Eve's Cushon'. In both cases you might well imagine a soft seat in the woods. It's Winter now and you wouldn't want to sit on this frosty green. But it's quite pretty catching a ray of sunshine.
Often you'll find an incorrect derivation of that name. 'Saxifraga' does not denote that our plant by the power of its natural growth 'breaks' rocks and stones to create a bed or seat for itself. Rather down through history medicinal folklore has it that drinking a boiled concoction of its roots will break up bladder - or kidney stones.
Frosty Seat. Saxifraga hypnoides, Eve's Cushion, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
There are quite a few common names for this pretty Saxifrage. One is 'Mossy Saxifrage' and another 'Eve's Cushon'. In both cases you might well imagine a soft seat in the woods. It's Winter now and you wouldn't want to sit on this frosty green. But it's quite pretty catching a ray of sunshine.
Often you'll find an incorrect derivation of that name. 'Saxifraga' does not denote that our plant by the power of its natural growth 'breaks' rocks and stones to create a bed or seat for itself. Rather down through history medicinal folklore has it that drinking a boiled concoction of its roots will break up bladder - or kidney stones.