Genus: Bergenia - Ornamental Plant Information from PlantsGalore.Com

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This genus of 8 species comes primarily from parts of Asia. It was formerly in the genus called Saxifraga, but plants in Bergenia have pink rather than white flowers, thicker rhizomes and persistent leaves.


Bergenia cordifolia	Heartleaf Bergenia
B. crassifolia	Leather Bergenia
B. stracheyi	Chinese Bergenia

	Height (in)	Flower Color	Leaf Shape	Flower Season
B. cordifolia	12-18	Rose-pink	Heart	Early Spring
B. crassifolia	12-18	Rose-pink	Oval	Early Spring

* Guides and Keys are from the book "Herbaceous Perennial Plants A Treatise on their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes" by Dr Allan M. Armitage of the University of Georgia. Varsity Press, Athens, Georgia. 1989 ISBN 0-942375-00. More on Dr Armitage and his other books.