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Bergenia cordifolia |
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| Common name |
pig squeak |
| Family |
saxifragaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
deep pink (May) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
part-full shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Large glossy thick leaves, no more than a foot high, are nice through the season. They are evergreen, but by late winter are ratty-looking. I usually forget to prune them off, so that by mid-spring I have a mix of old and new leaves (as in the photo here). By the time it blooms, it's mostly obscured by the peonies rushing upwards in the same area, so I usually happen upon the flowers in a surprise, coming around the corner of a little-used path. A nice surprise, for sure! This year was probably the best display I've seen in the five years or so the plants have been in our garden.
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| | Late October foliage |
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| | Glossy leaves, a week before bloom |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Marianne Nelson | Aug 04, 2005 | Can you tell me where I can purchase the Bergenia Cordifolia?
Thanks
It's not an uncommon perennial - many sources carry them. Bluestone carries the 'Winterglow' cultivar. Good luck |
| Dotte Hass | Mar 23, 2011 | Why doesn't my bergenia bloom every year?? Sometimes I cut off the old dead bloom stem and is this why it doesn't bloom??
Cutting off the old bloom stem should, if anything, encourage bloom. More likely, the needs of the plant are not being met - too much shade, soil too poor? |
- Seed for 'Bergenia mix' from '07 trade. Baggy 70F with light (68%G, 6-22d)
- Seed for 'Red Beauty' from JLHudson '14 order. Baggy 70F with light (53%G, 10-19d)
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