Bergenia Red Beauty Plant

Bergenia cordifolia Red Beauty.

Bergenia red beauty plant. These easy-to-grow evergreen perennials really earn their keep making a year-round contribution to borders. Red Beauty forms clumps of glossy mid- to dark green leaves that turn deep red in autumn and winter. As an added bonus the foliage turns a gorgeous dark red in the fall.

The cabbage-like foliage and deep purple-red flowers are a good ground cover for shady areas. Planting Growing Red Beauty Bergenia will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity with a spread of 18 inches. Bergenia cordifolia Purpurea a large variety with red-flushed foliage that turns rich purple in winter.

Availability is limited and varies throughout the season. Early spring March - May flowers are pinky-red with green leaves that turn shades of red. Cordifolia Winter Glow has red stems and nodding pink flowers and grows to 12 to 16 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide.

This top quality ground cover requires little to no maintenance. It grows well in pots not to mention embankments dry or moist but not soggy shade gardens even exposed areas with poor soils. Choose a spot with well-drained moist soil and add compost to the bed as needed.

Use as a ground cover along the edge of a border or in rock gardens. It grows to the nearly same size as Winter Glow if a little bit shorter. Bergenia Abendglut a classic variety that bears magenta flowers in spring.

Used as a groundcover. Crassifolia krass-ih-FOH-lee-uh Info Cultivar. Red Beauty Bergenia is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth.