Colorful winter foliage, magical bell-shaped flowers and low maintenance requirements - these are the advantages of many Bergenias. But not all varieties have bright foliage or colorful flowers in winter. Here is an overview of the best-known varieties with their characteristics!
Which different Bergenia varieties are known?
Bergenia varieties vary in flower color and leaf shape. There are light-flowered varieties such as Bergenia 'Silberlicht' (white) and 'Baby Doll' (pink), dark-flowered varieties such as 'Eroica' (violet-red) and 'Abendglut' (purple-red), as well as extravagant varieties such as Bergenia cordifolia (salmon pink) and 'Monte Rosa' (blue-purple filled).
Light-flowered varieties: white to pink
Most bergenias bloom between April and May. The following varieties are among them and display brightly colored flowers - from white to pink - during their flowering period, which lasts several weeks. Here first the whitish varieties:
- Bergenia stracheyi ‘Alba’: White
- Bergenia 'Silberlicht': pure white
- Bergenia 'Bressingham White': White flowers that darken to pink
These varieties are predominantly pink in color:
- Bergenia stracheyi ‘Belvedere’: soft pink
- Bergenia 'Baby Doll': Initially pink, later dark pink flowers
- Bergenia 'Biedermeier': white and strikingly pink veined
- Bergenia 'Eyecatcher': pink with dark eye
- Bergenia 'David': purple pink
- Bergenia 'Belfry': Pink
Red to purple flowering varieties
The dark-flowered varieties of bergenia are also interesting and stand out excellently alongside the light-flowering varieties. This includes the following recommended selection:
- ‘Eroica’: violet-red, extremely robust
- ‘Evening Bells’: Dark Red
- ‘Evening Glow’: Crimson
- 'Ballawley': carmine red, 50 cm high, large foliage
- ‘Profusion’: purple pink
- 'Crimson Queen': Crimson
- ‘Red Sister’: Red
Varieties that are extremely attractive
The following varieties should simply be propagated! They are extravagant and eye-catching. These include the Bergenia cordifolia with its strongly heart-shaped foliage and its salmon-pink flowers, which it presents from April to May.
Furthermore, the following specimens are heartbreakingly beautiful:
- Bergenie 'Autumn Blossom': 1st flowering from April to May, subsequent flowering in October, 40 cm high
- Bergenia 'Dawn': Twice blooming with pink flowers
- Bergenie purpurascens: Red flowers and bright red foliage in autumn
- Bergenia 'Monte Rosa': blue-purple colored and double flowers
- Bergenia 'Oeschberg': pink flowers, red-purple winter foliage with a metallic sheen
Tip
Bergenia varieties that have white flowers can, if necessary, be planted in a location in full sun if a good supply of water is ensured. Its flowers cannot fade due to sunlight, unlike those of many other varieties.
