saxifragas I can grow in Connecticut

[McDonough]

By the way I have been a member of the Forum for over two years.  What do I have to do to stop being a Newbie? I am actually an Oldie!

Hi Barbara, I can explain.  What you're seeing here is default behavior of the Forum software, where it names groups of users based upon how many posts they've added.  The attached "inside look" at the SMF Administrative console shows the groups and the increments between each group.  This is arbitrary "default" behavior right out of the box so to speak.  The names and levels are customizeable; maybe we need a group for "Oldie but a Goodie"  



And just to make this post relevant to Saxifrages in Connecticut (or at least New England), click this link to see my pale pink Saxifrage fortunei which has been blooming for weeks, and is still in flower now  
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=593.msg11488#msg11488

[RickR]

Our Saxes that are not in tufa are growing in granite rock crevices with a mix of sharp sand and crusher fines (the residue from rock crushing).

Gee, and not thinking about it, I always just threw out the crushed fines that settle out in a bag of chick grit...

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Barbara, the newbie designation has nothing to do with your time here at the Forum (or your age  ).  It changes with the number of postings you make.  It goes something like:
1-49 posts = Newbie
50-99 = Junior member
100-? Full member
etc.

[Lincks]

 I live in New York and am 20 minutes from Danbury, CT.  I have had mixed results during my first year growing saxes. The silver and kabschias grown in tufa and in hypertufa troughs have done pretty well.  The ones planted in the rock garden or in the soil have not done well.  Some of the silvers had their roots eaten.  The saxes purchased from Wrightman Alpines (get the $15 plants that are grown in mini tufa rocks) have done well.  The alpen rocks they sell consist of three plants planted in a nice sized piece of tufa.  So I have had mixed results and have lost about 20 plants grown outside of tufa or a trough.  I have considered the loss of the plants "tuition" towards learning how to grow a tough species in a non-alpine environment.  Mossies have not done well in NY.
McGregor's 2008 Saxifrage book is an excellent resource.