Bergenia cordifolia
Saxifragaceae
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Habitat:
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full sun to partial shade
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Flowering:
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early spring to summer
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Size:
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75
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60
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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any good garden soil
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Bergenia cordifolia
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Price
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£7.00
(2 litre pot)
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Order code:
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BCG-2
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It is hard to imagine that Bergenias are high alpines, but there are Chinese and Himalayan species that come from high in the mountains, in sheltered places on cliffs or in the lee of the high-altitude trees or rhododendrons. They make clumps or mats of large, rounded leaves and have panicles of bell-shaped flowers.
Bergenia cordifolia is the classic reliable ?elephant ears? with broad glossy leaves that are green in summer, becoming bronze red-purple in winter. Spires of lovely bell-shaped rose-pink to carmine flowers bring welcome spring colour.
Other related plants:
Semi-double rose red flowers, contrasting with red leaves in spring.
Masses of pure white flowers with sturdy deep green leaves; great ground cover.
Valuable winter-blooming species with glossy leaves and purple bell flowers.
Large, glossy dark green leaves, red when mature, and spikes of pink flowers.
Compact, alpine species with white flowers, fading to pink.