Bright pink flowers top thick, dark green, glossy leaves. A great foliage plant after it is finished blooming. The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ …

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 …

Then look no further than Bergenia, also known as “pigsqueak” because of the sound made when you rub the leaves. Valued for both its flowers and foliage, Bergenia welcomes spring with showy panicles of dainty pink blossoms perched atop thick, upright stems. But its most remarkable feature are the big, glossy green leaves, which turn a ...

Bergenia cordifolia, commonly called pigsqueak, is a clump-forming perennial which is primarily grown as a ground cover. Features large rosettes of leathery, glossy, toothed, rounded, dark green leaves (to 10" long by 8" wide) which are heart-shaped at the base.

2011年3月28日 · Common name: Pigsqueak, heartleaf bergenia. Botanical name: Bergenia cordifolia. Foliage: Rounded or heart-shaped fleshy leaves to 10 inches long and 8 inches wide. Deep green, taking on red to purple tones in fall and winter. Foliage persists through winter in …

Facts: Bergenia. Family: Saxifragaceae. Genus: Bergenia. Common Name: Pigsqueak, heartleaf, Elephant ears. Origin: Widely distributed in temperate Asia. There are 8 species in the genus. Culture: Rich, moist, well-drained soil. Would prefer to be on the dry side rather than wet. Will tolerate a variety of sun to shade conditions.

Bergenia is a more restrained plant waiting for us to appreciate its glossy green foliage and stalks of delicate pink to red blossoms. Bergenia is also called pig squeak because of the sound produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and forefinger!

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.

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.

Bergenia earned the common name Pigsqueak due to the squeaky sounds the leaves make as they are rubbed together. This new genus for the Proven Winners perennial collection is appropriately named 'Miss Piggy'! In early spring, a stunning display of bright pink flowers top the thick, dark green, glossy leaves.