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 'Kath's Delight' has been circulated for a long time as 'Kath Dryden', but that name is not valid, as it applies to a Kabschia saxifrage, a hybrid of S. lilacina, whereas this plant is derived from S. longifolia. It needs a new name, and it has been suggested that our catalogue would be a suitable place to do that, so here we are! This is a delightful plant, and Kath would be proud of it, and she was a delight, too.