| Description | This Bergenia has white pink tinged flowers with red centers. |
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| Pronunciation | (ber-GEN-i-a)(kor-di-FOL-i-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | prefers partial shaded, in full sun the foliage may burn. |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | small white pink tinged flowers with red centers borne on scapes |
| Leaves | shiny, leathery, waxy, thick and green, produced in clumps from the rhizome, turn purple in the fall, somewhat evergreen depending on the zone |
| Dimensions | 12-16 inches tall |
| Maintenance | not an invasive spreader slowly increasing by rhizomes |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by George Arends in Germany. |
| Misc Facts | Bergenia was named after Karl August von Bergen an 18th century German Botany teacher. |
| Author's Notes | Bergenia look best best massed together. Single plants can be rather coarse looking. |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Stills) |
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