#bergenia

[kristo-flowers]

heartleaf bergenia

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 23 April 2026

The clump-forming evergreen perennial, Bergenia 'Rosi Klose' (elephant's ears, pigsqueak) thrives in the Gravel Garden at the Beth Chatto Garden, Essex, UK.

Jill Raggett

[samirafee]

#BÄRLI🐈🌱WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY DAY💖☀️🌸🌤️😸

@samirafee

[inthegrassdrinkinglemonade]

BLOMUPDATE

Det börjar dyka upp lite rosa blommor här och var i rabatterna. Det är en av blommorna vars namn jag alltid lyckas glömma, kom på namnet precis efter jag skickade bilden till mamma😅 ”BERGENIA” skrek skrev jag. Och det är det😎

Nu är visserligen den här bilden tagen i Uppsala MEN jag har sett sånna hemma också! Jag lovar!

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

[dat-aster]

[flowerishness]

Bergenia purpurascens (purple bergenia)

I took these photos last summer in a friend's garden. We have a Bergenia crassifolia in the back garden but this year it experienced total failure to bloom - not a single flower - nada.

I've always regarded this as a lazy guy's, low-care garden flower. It grows in crevices in the Himalayan Mountains (up to 15,000 feet) and is noted for it's hardiness, easily surviving -30 F in the winter. It prefers a moist soil but about the only way to screw it up is to over-fertilize it (and none of the plants in my garden would accuse me of that sin).

So why didn't our decade old Bergenia flower? After a few minutes of scrolling garden blogs I think I've found the likely answer. This clump forming perennial can become 'over-crowded' and needs to be divided up every so often and given a little fresh soil. It sounds like I might have a bit of shovel work to do.

[lindamarieansonsnaps]