Family: Saxifragaceae
Scientific Name: Bergenia x Cabernet
Common Name: Bergenia Cabenet
Description | A Bergenia cultivar with bright pink flowers. |
Pronunciation | (ber-GEN-i-a) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
Sunlight | prefers partial shaded |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | prefers moist, tolerates average |
Flowers | clusters, deep pink, scape holds flowers above the foliage, early May |
Leaves | broad glossy green leaves, bronzing in the fall, evergreen to semi-evergreen, depending on the zone |
Stems | rhizomes |
Dimensions | 12 inches, rhizomes |
Maintenance | not an invasive spreader slowly increasing by rhizomes |
Propagation | division, seed of species |
Native Site | Siberia |
Misc Facts | Bergenia was named after Karl August von Bergen an 18th century German Botany teacher. |
Author's Notes | By theirself Bergenia are coarse plants. Look best when planted in groups. |
Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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