This excellent group of rock garden plants is known as the section Ligulatae, or more commonly as the silver or encrusted saxifrages, in recognition of the deposits of lime that line the leaves. They all have rosettes, large or small depending on the variety, and have relatively large panicles of flowers, usually white. They come from rocky places in the mountains, some on limestone and some on acid rocks.

Saxifraga 'Starlight' is one of the excellent hybrid saxifrages from Matthew Ruane at Brynhyfryd, in this case selected for its unusual strongly upright flowering stems, which have lots and lots of substantial, almost pure white flowers, with just a few small red spots. It makes an interesting contrast to the varieties with arching stems, and can be used in places where there is not so much space.