Bergenia Red Beauty

Magenta red blooms open from late winter and bloom and bloom and bloom. In combination with glossy, evergreen foliage this is one great plant. A top quality ground cover.

Bergenia is a top shady, evergreen ground cover that requires very little to no maintenance. It will even grow well in pots, not to mention embankments, dry or moist (but not soggy) shade gardens, even exposed areas with poor soils. You can also use them to help cover the fading foliage of spring bulbs. They just don't like it to be too hot and dry.

Bergenia may have fallen out of fashion but we think they have been underutilised and are making a strong comeback with some great new varieties.

The thick, leathery foliage is what gives Bergenia it's common name of Elephant Ears. The leaves turn bronze in winter, when the weather cools.

The red blooms open spring to summer on green and red stems, in more mild climates they will even flower as early as winter. The blooms last well in a vase.

Plant Bergenia in any well drained soil in a full sun to part shade position. Mulch in autumn and that is about it! You can remove spent flowers and leaves to tidy in spring but they need nary more care than that.

The botanical name of Bergenia was given to honour German botanist and Doctor, Karl August von Bergen (1704-1759).

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