.png) Bergenia 'Tubby Andrews' $9.95
- flowering season: spring to early summer, and reblooming in autumn
- height: 6 - 10 inches
- Light requirements: shade or sun; more shade in warm climates
- Soil requirements: average soil that drains well
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: grows as a clump
- How to propagate: dividing a plant in spring or early summer
- Leaf type: rounded 6-inch ovals of green and creamy yellow
- Ways to use it: the colorful evergreen leaves can be a highlight of a winter garden; in the summer its variegated leaves show up well in light shade
- Special characteristics: grows well in dry shade; can withstand a greater degree of winter cold than many perennials
- Other points of interests: shoots with all-green leaves appear off and on, that are best removed in early summer
This very cold hardy perennial has evergreen leaves of green and creamy yellow in summer. When cold weather arrives in fall the coloring changes to green and various tints of pink to darker red. The colder the days become, the richer the coloring. As warm weather returns the following spring, the colors revert to creamy yellow and green on the new leaves. Occasionally a shoot with solidly green leaves shows up, that is best cut out when first noticed. Other than that, the plant demands little attention. Pink flowers show in spring, and again in fall. An ideal place to set this plant is at the edge of bushes and trees that lose their leaves in winter, or beneath them, where the bergenia will have shade during the summer, but full sun in winter. 'Tubby Andrews' also makes a good edging for a walk-way or at the front of a flower bed. He spreads slowly, in a mannerly fashion, into a wider clump over the years. USDA Zones 4 - 7 in the East, 4 - 9 in the West. |
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