Some of the brightest and best early colour in the rock garden, or in troughs or pots in a greenhouse, comes from the many species and hybrid alpine saxifrages. Most make tight buns of small rosettes, and in late winter produce their flowers, in shades of red and pink, yellow and white, on longish stems or short stems or no stems at all.

Saxifraga 'Cumulus' is a tight cushion saxifrage bearing an abundance of large, white flowers.