The bergenia tolstolistny – one of shade-enduring and unpretentious perennial plants which not only will relevant fit into stony garden but also will keep the good company to many garden plants.
Bergenia - perennial, winter-hardy and undemanding to leaving. Leathery glossy leaves at bergenia - the business card of this plant. It still call kamnelomk tolstolistny for extremely effective leaves from spring to fall. But the bergenia during time of the blossoming in April and May when flower arrows with kolokolchaty flowers of pink or crimson-pink shade are dismissed is especially beautiful.
Garden designers apply plant as separate independent composition, and in the neighbourhood with other plants. With age the plant expands and forms nice curtains against the background of lawn. And in the spring in the blossoming state becomes bright spot on faded lawn.
The bergenia is necessary to the yard both on the Alpine hill, and in miksborder. Here low garden perennials can keep it the company. Among them:
- akvilegiya,
- hybrid astilba,
- bearded irises,
- hybrid daylilies,
- cereals,
- ferns,
- garden geraniums,
- viols,
- hand bells.
In the spring the bergenia can become impressive background for bulbous plants. Therefore it is safely possible to land near bergenia such spring bulbous as glory-of-the-snow, snowdrops, Scylla, bulbous irises, crocuses, narcissuses, tulips, adder's-spear.
Harmoniously the bergenia landed and on coast of reservoirs looks. Here it is necessary to consider that the bergenia does not take out excess dampness at roots. Therefore before putting it at pond, it is necessary to take care of good drainage.