Saxifraga Species, Creeping Saxifrage, Strawberry Begonia, Strawberry Geranium

On Nov 19, 2015, LailaMae from Springfield, MO wrote:

In southwest Missouri (zone 6), I have been able to grow the Strawberry Begonias outside as ground cover in a rock garden. They will survive our winters if mulched. However, those I have planted in large pots have not survived, even with mulching. So I usually just bring the pots into the garage for winter storage, or at least pluck a few plants to grow as houseplants. I love the way they look in a hanging basket!

On Apr 11, 2015, coriaceous from ROSLINDALE, MA wrote:

Here in Boston Z6a it survived several winters but did not thrive. Perhaps it would have done better with some soil improvement and winter protection. It was in open deciduous shade.

On Apr 2, 2014, ImpatientGardener from Bessemer, AL wrote:

Really like this plant. It covers ground fairly slow; but is easy to remove and keep where you want it. It overwinters well in Hueytown, Alabama. I have left it outside in pots - and have some in ground. It has a little shelter from trees. I was afraid that our hard winter this year would get it but it withstood the low temps and changes. I'm dividing some this week to give away.

On Jun 16, 2013, Dean48089 from Warren, MI (Zone 6b) wrote:

This is one of my favorite "That can't be hardy!" plants. It's perfectly winter-hardy here in my Zone 6b garden, as long as it's in a moist, shaded spot. It's not keen on sweltering heat and so, like violets, may go dormant in the summer but will return as soon as the temperatures return to comfortable levels. In the winter make sure it has snow cover or a good mulch so that the crowns and roots don't dry out. When I first started growing it a friend of mine, who lives on the Zone 6a side of the 6a/6b border, told me that he had to eradicate it from his garden because "it took over." This is a person who likes wide open spaces between every plant in his garden, and the strawberry begonia broke that rule. In my garden, where I don't like open space, it worked out just fine. A very ni... read morece foil for small hostas, bloodroot, and other plants liking similar conditions.

On Dec 2, 2012, adheesh from Fussa Tokyo,
Japan wrote:

Here in japan the plant is called " Yuki no shita" ( under the snow )
A wild edible , tempura.

On Feb 27, 2011, Amoena from Nashville, TN wrote:

I got a few starts of this plant in late summer of 2010, to plant out as an evergreen groundcover in zone 6b. While they were cute, I was not initially impressed with their growth. However, as of today, 2/27/2011, I must say that I am very impressed, as we have had a hard winter, with temps dipping to 5 degrees once, and 8 degrees twice. Since the fall, the plants have tripled in size, and made a great deal of daughter plants! Not only that, but they look great, with no signs of freeze damage.
UPDATE 3/6/2012 A year later, I have to say, this is my new favorite plant! As a good ground cover should, they politely cover area quickly, (and are easy to remove where unwanted.) The abundant blooms are charming, (if not show-stopping.) And unlike the Heucheras they are replacing, t... read morehey require no maintinence or annual dividing to look good.

On May 12, 2010, Sfmo from San Francisco, CA wrote:

Got it from nursery, it sold as a indoor hanging basket plant. After few months later, I found it grows slowly and looked suffering. I've replace it everywhere in the house, bright light, part shade, all shade. Watered it frequently, misted it every other day, sometimes kept it a little dried. It JUST not happy at all. I was so frustrated about this princess! I could not think of any other method to take care of it. Thus, the last method, put it outdoor with partial shade/partial sun. Guess what? It started to grow like crazy, grow 2 times bigger in just 2 months. There were lots of flower stems that popped out, even on their babies (runner). What a diva!

On May 6, 2010, murchik from Pedricktown, NJ wrote:

First started outdoors in summer of 2009. Just a couple of plants that I divided and put in the front row of morning only shade garden. Spread readily, but not aggressively; stayed evergreen over unusually cold and snowy winter and did not seem to be bothered by rabbits at that! Rabbits usually munch on anything that stays evergreen in my garden. Even if it's something they don't eat - they nip it at the ground level and spit it out.
This spring I have a nice edging of strawberry begonias and they are starting to bloom now. Dainty little flowers that I think are very pretty if you give them a close look.
Easy and carefree plant for the front of shade garden. Will make a good groundcover for shaded areas.

On May 4, 2008, clcg1 from Cleveland, OH wrote:

this plant is hardy in zone 6 possibly zone 5.i winter tested it in my yard in two places,one totaly exposed in a pot in the middle of my yard and another planted against my house.both survived the winter here in cleveland ohio in almost perfect condition,and they are starting to send up a lot of new leaves.i look forward to seeing it flower and plan on planting more of it in my yard this year.i never had any luck growing it as a house plant,but as an outdoor perrenial i think it is well worth growing.

On Jan 14, 2006, Anitabryk2 from Long Island, NY (Zone 6b) wrote:

This plant did horribly in the house - instead of discarding it, I decided to plant it outside. Who knew!!! It loves it. The most beautiful little flowers. I must state that it does not like sun. The spot I had put it in first got afternoon shade until the tree was taken down. Then I needed to move it as it started stressing and dying on me.

Glad I came across this while looking up something else. I never knew what the plant was!

On May 26, 2004, Toxicodendron from Piedmont, MO (Zone 6a) wrote:

This plant seems hardy here in Zone 6 of Missouri, too. I have had it planted outside for 3 years now. It looks a little bit tired after the winter, but basically stays evergreen all year. A thick groundcover can be quickly formed if the stolons are moved back into the patch to cover any bare spots. The dainty white flowers are a bonus; I cut them off after the bulk of the blooms have opened. Keep moist and in dappled or part shade for best results.

On May 25, 2004, DiOhio from Corning, OH (Zone 6a) wrote:

This plant is hardy to zone 6. I'm in 6A and it does well.

On Dec 13, 2002, ideboda from T-village ;) - Friesland,
Netherlands (Zone 6a) wrote:

This plant is also known as Mother of Thousands or Aaron's beard. It can be used as a houseplant, preferably in a hanging pot or basket, so that the young plants growing on long thin "stolons" coming out of the center of the plant (just like the leaves that form a rosette), can hang down freely. Sometimes there are hundreds of young plants on dozens of stolons.
The easiest way to propagate this plant is taking young rosettes from the stolons and planting them in potting-soil. They root easily.
To get flowers, however, it seems the plant has to get some frost, so in winter it should be outside to get this particular inflorescence with the pretty white flowers in June.