Saxifraga x irvingii 'Jenkinsae' 2013

Delicate, lovely.

Great,Now that does look happy.

It's spread nicely.I'll have to find last years pic to compare.

How nice are THEY?

That is very nice and I like the yellow one behind it too.

There should be a pic coming soon or page 7 for last years.
I have the yellow one (or one very similar) hanging around doing nothing,so will send you it next time I have anything for you.

lovely....

At the third time of trying to add a message. I keep forgetting to click on add a message. I've had a look at your page 7. They are both lovely. Thank you I will look forward to getting that. I like the rugged look of the tufa. It makes the plants look as if they are growing in a narural environment. The plants obviously like it. I used to see that on sale everywhere at great expense but nobody seems to sell it nowadays. Did you make yours or is it natural? We have plenty raw material to hand to make the supertufa but would I need to make planting holes in it before it dries or does it not dry too much.

I think you mean hypertufa.I'm not sure. I would think the use of peat in the mix would mean you could bore into it,but it should be easy to make planting holes before it dries.
If you google it,there is lots of advice on making and ways to use it.
There used to be a nursey not far from here that was owned by the secretary of the A.G.S. Essex branch where I got mine very reasonably.If I could have afforded it,I would have bought a load when he closed down.Large aquatic centres can be a good place to get it,although perhaps not as large pieces as would be prefered and probably not cheap relatively speaking.

I like the raised bed/ rockery I made but I have a feeling it could look much better if I had raised areas and valleys. I have now looked at the AGS way of making Hypertufa. I thought because it contains sand and cement it would be too heavy. I did find a site which used perlite and they said they used a material called supertufa because it was much lighter but I cannot now find it. Its a beautiful sunny afternoon so maybe soon I'll be able to get in to the garden and get on again. We still have a 2" cover of snow over everything.