| Scientific Name: | Bergenia crassifolia ( syn. B. cordifolia ) |
| Common Name: | heartleaf bergenia |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Orbicular, Crenate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump forming; leaves thick, leathery, rounded, 8-15(25)cm long x 7-11(20)cm wide with mostly crenate margins, bases may fold upward to appear cordate, winter colour often reddish or bronze; panicle-like inflorescence on a dark red peduncle 2-3x the foliage height, florets cymose, usually pinkish, Apr-May. | |