“Festival”, a new Saxifraga cultivar was released by the National Institute of Highland Agriculture (NIHA), in 2006. A crossing was made between “Bulzihoa” with red purple (RPN57C) petals and “Hongkyo” with red purple (RPN57C) petals in 2002. The selection and flower characteristics of “Festival” were investigated from 2003 to 2006 in greenhouse. The first flowering time of “Festival” is 19th of September, period of flowering is 36 days and number of flowers per plant was 119.9. The flower color shows a red purple group (RP63C) and number of petals was 7.1. Flower width is 3.5 cm and flower length is 3.6 cm. It can be used for pot flower. 50% shading treatment is a good cultural practice against direct sunlight and soft rot disease occurs usually by over-irrigation.

• Jong Taek Suh
• Su Young Hong
• Dong Lim Yoo
• Chun Woo Nam