How to Grow and Care for Bergenia - The Spruce
2024年6月18日 · Bergenia, also known as pigsqueak and leather bergenia, is an herbaceous perennial that thrives in mild climates and can tolerate shady conditions, preferring soil with high organic matter. These plants have big, glossy leaves …
Bergenia - Wikipedia
Bergenia / bərˈɡɛniə / [2] (elephant-eared saxifrage, elephant's ears) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region.
Bergenia: A Growing & Care Guide - Garden Design
Low-growing and clump-forming, bergenia is most effective when planted en masse to carpet woodland and shade gardens or to edge pathways and borders. However, it also makes a stunning specimen or container plant thanks to its bold, eye-catching foliage. On this page: Basics | Planting | Care | Varieties | Design Ideas. BASICS; HOW TO PLANT BERGENIA
Bergenia Information: How To Care For A Bergenia Plant - Gardening Know How
2021年5月17日 · Bergenia, also known as pigsqueak for the sound it makes when two leaves are rubbed together, fills that shady or dappled spot in your garden where so many flowers shy away. Bergenia plant care takes very little time, as these are low-maintenance plants. Learn how to care for a bergenia plant and brighten up your shady landscape corners.
How to Plant and Grow Bergenia - Better Homes & Gardens
2024年5月22日 · Bergenia is an easy-to-grow, clump-forming perennial primarily used as a groundcover or as edging for walkways. This plant's foliage appears as large rosettes of glossy, leathery, gently toothed, dark-green leaves that are heart-shaped at the base.
Bergenia crassifolia - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Bergenia is a large, glossy evergreen, hebacious perennial native to shady north-facing rocks, stony slopes, and rock streams in the forest and alpine zones of China and Siberia. It is a low-growing plant to a foot high with leaves produced in spreading clumps of 2 to 3 feet and makes a lovely ground cover in shady areas.
How to Grow and Care for Bergenia - BBC Gardeners World …
2021年8月9日 · All you need to know about cultivating beautiful bergenias (elephant's ears), in our Grow Guide. Bergenias are evergreen herbaceous perennials with distinctive glossy, rounded leaves. Their bold foliage gives them their common name of elephant’s ears.
Bergenia / RHS - RHS Gardening
Bergenia. Common name: elephant’s ears. These easy-to-grow, evergreen perennials really earn their keep, making a year-round contribution to borders. Their large leathery leaves, often tinged red in winter, make attractive ground cover, while the …
Types of bergenia: 15 varieties for shade and sun - Homes
2023年4月18日 · Combining bold, usually evergreen foliage (for which the common name of ‘elephant’s ears’ is charmingly apt) with prolific spring flowers, bergenias are worth growing in any garden. These plants make an excellent foil for shrubs and taller perennials, and work well alongside ornamental grasses.
Bergenia crassifolia - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bergenia crassifolia, commonly called leather bergenia or pig squeak, is a large-leaved evergreen perennial that is native to rocky cliffs from northwest China to Siberia. Rosettes of leathery, fine-toothed, obovate-rounded green leaves (to 8" long by 7" wide) form dense, slowly-spreading clumps of foliage to 12" tall.