Winter-red Bergenia/Chinese Bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens)岩白菜
Winter-red Bergenia/Chinese Bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) has pretty deep pink flowers in spring and its evergreen foliage turn burgundy/purple in fall. 岩白菜春開深粉紅色花,常綠的葉於秋冬冷時轉深紅/紫色.
Winter-red Bergenia/Chinese Bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) seeds and seed pods. 岩白菜的種莢與種子.
Hardy evergreen perennial/herb. Easy to grow. Best growing in full sun to partial shade location. Good for dry shade garden because it is rather drought-tolerant which suitable for xeriscaping as ground cover! Foliage from green turns burgundy red/purple in late fall to winter. Good for fall color! Deep pink flowers in spring. Flowers attract bees, butterflies and humming birds. Flowers are good for cut flower. USDA Zones:4-9. Mature size:1′-1.5′(H) X1′-2′(W). Propagate by seeds, cuttings or division. Medicinal.
強健的常綠多年生草花/藥草. 容易栽種. 最好栽種在全日照到半日照處. 適合土壤偏乾的林地花園因其耐旱的特性所以可用於節水的造景花園作為地被用! 秋冬冷時葉色會由綠轉為暗紅/紫色. 適合設計花園時用它來增添花園的秋色. 春開深粉紅色花. 花頗吸引蜂蝶與蜂鳥. 也適合用於切花的花材. 耐寒也耐熱. 成熟株高1-1.5呎,寬幅1-2呎. 以種子,扦插或分株方式來繁殖. 藥用.
Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:
http://www.perennials.com/plants/bergenia-purpurascens.html https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%e5%b2%a9%e7%99%bd%e8%8f%9c http://big.hi138.com/yiyao/yaoxue/200909/131946.asp#.V05WsWv2Zok http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57854/ http://garden.org/plants/view/114314/Purple-Bergenia-Bergenia-purpurascens/
Those pink flowers look so lovely 🙂
They are pretty in spring and I like it is nice with fall color and being evergreen!
I’ve had trouble with my Bergenia, and appreciate your mentioning that it is drought tolerant. I wonder if mine not flourishing over the years is due to it being in an area too moist? Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to dry that part of the garden bed out!
If that is the problem of being too moist, you can do is to plant them higher, either move them to somewhere else more suitable or add more soil underneath to make it higher up in same location — if that is the only spot available.