Botanical Name: Bergenia crassifolia
Common Name: Winter-blooming bergenia
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low, spreading habit, foliage arising from fleshy rootstocks (rhizomes) – produces low clumps of large fleshy leaves
Height 12"
Spread 2-6'
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial sun (full sun near the coast)
Soil prefers loam – tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy – prefers cool habitats (zones 1-9, 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate/pinnate, whorled-opposite, oval-obovate, 5-10" long, somewhat serrate-undulate, blades dark green, shiny, fleshy
Flowers pinkish/rose, bisexual, stalked 12-18" panicles – flowers 1/2" diameter – January through April
Fruit 1/8" capsule
 
Propagation:
division of clumps
 
Usage:
low facer/border plant – foliage texture in shaded areas small area ground cover – for tropical, woodsy, rustic, or informal landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular – tolerates some drought in shaded areas
Fertilizing balanced in spring – iron for chlorosis
Pruning occasionally thin out old clumps
Pests/Diseases snails/slugs, root rot in poorly drained soils
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Mongolia
Family: Saxifragaceae

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