Bergenia Winter Foliage Spring Flowers

The best Bergenias have leaves that turn  a strong colour in Autumn. These purple leaves look good in the December garden when compared to the Elephant ear green varieties of Bergenia.

Easy Bergenia Growing

• Bergenia ciliata make good ground cover plants 1 -2 foot tall depending on the variety.
• Cuttings from the rhizomes are easy to root and plants spread naturally in most conditions including shade.
• Bergenia cordifolia varieties have smaller leaved varieties that appeal to me for this red and purple winter leaf colouring.

• The lime green varieties may be larger leaved and more robust if you wish to cover large areas.
• They flower on stems of pink bells in clusters. Begenia Eroica is said to flower for longer.
• Dead head the flowers for a continuation of flowering.

• This flower is clear white but the buds are a rose pink.

• Bergenia have large succulent stalks and like a dampish shady spot

• The rizomes spread and the plant is useful for covering large difficult areas like scree banks. It is too large to sit well in all but the largest rockeries.