Proudly upright flowers and a dark green foliage that often takes on a reddish tinge in autumn are the irresistible arguments of the bergenia. Although it looks impressive on its own, it looks even more impressive with certain companion plants.
What factors should you consider when combining bergenia?
When combining bergenias, remember the following factors so that you can enjoy the overall picture you have created for the long term:
- Flower color: white, pink or purple
- Flowering time: March to May
- Location requirements: sunny to partially shaded, fresh and nutrient-rich soil
- Growth height: 30 to 50 cm
The low growth of the bergenia is only towered over by the long flower stalks when it is in bloom. Keep this in mind when choosing combination partners. Most of the year, bergenias tend to be ground-covering foliage perennials.
Since bergenias grow best in sunny to partially shaded locations, they should not be combined with shade-loving plants.
Also consider that bergenias are in their bloom in spring. Spring bloomers are therefore the ideal components to create a sea of flowers together with the bergenias.
Combine bergenia in the bed or in the pot
Thanks to its undemanding nature and its attractive appearance all year round, the bergenia fits in wonderfully alongside numerous other perennials. Both delicate grasses such as bearskin grass and flowering perennials such as star umbels and astilbe suit it. Create a bright composition of different flowers or a mutually complementary planting of foliage perennials and bergenias, for example.
Perfect planting partners for Bergenia include:
- Astilbene
- woman's coat
- Funkia
- Star Umbels
- Bearskin Grass
- bleeding heart
- Carnations
- Early bloomers such as tulips, hyacinths and daffodils
Combine bergenia with star umbel
The dark green leaves of the bergenia give the star umbels a great appearance. In summer, their flowers rise above the shiny foliage of the bergenias and practically sparkle through the lush green background. This combination is also advantageous because bergenias and star umbels have the same location requirements.
Combine Bergenia with Astilbe
Planted behind the bergenias, white or crimson astilbes appear magnificently. Their wildly romantic nature, which is characterized by the feathery flower spikes, balances out the austere image of bergenias in summer. This combination is also convincing because the flowers of both plants do not appear at the same time, but one after the other, meaning that the bed is decorative for a long time.
Combine Bergenia with Bleeding Heart
In the pot, the bergenia benefits from a combination with the bleeding heart. The two combine to create a symphony of colors during their flowering period if you focus on pink to pink-red bergenias when planting.
Combine Bergenia as a bouquet in a vase
The small bell-shaped flowers enchant the eye when the bergenias are allowed to stand as a bouquet in a vase. There they like to combine visually with yellow tulips and white-yellow daffodils. Using purple bergenias creates a cheerful contrast. However, you will achieve color harmony if you combine the tulips and daffodils with white bergenias.
- Daffodils
- Tulips
- Caucasus forget-me-nots
- Carnations
- Levkojen
