Bergenia cordifolia 'Bressingham White' - PIGSQUEEK 'BRESSINGHAM WHITE'
Evergreen perennial with thick larger leaves and pure white flowers in the spring. Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society).
Appreciates cooler (partially shaded) spots or even cooler regions; even though it has been declared suitable for zones 3a to 9b, we recommend it for zones 3 to 6/7. Tolerates some drought, but is happier with regular-average rainfall moisture. This plant will tolerate dry shade too.
Otherwise this is a tough, long-lived, ground-covering perennial that is also deer and rabbit resistant. It attracts honey bees and probably other insects too.
Best for half-shade beds, full shade spots, woodland edges, woodland gardens, edges, rock gardens, shady banks of water bodies, and erosion control.
Blooming Time: March/April - beginning of May
Size: 15-18" and 18-24" wide, very slowly spreads into dense ground covering mat
USDA Zones: 3a to 6/7
Culture: Half/light or dappled shade to full shade, virtually any soil
Moisture Needs: medium-moist to medium-dry
Origin: the species of B. cordifolia originates from the mountains and rocky meadows of central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: honey bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations : Best in half shade, dappled shade, in cooler spots, woodland edge gardens, shade gardens, close to water features or pond/stream gardens. Meets in bloom and goes well with many later blooming spring bulbs and spring ephemerals. Looks well with fine structures like grassy leaves - Carex (sedges), Hakonechloa, narrow-leaved Hosta, Iris cristata (and the Asian counterparts) or Tradescantia and also fine leaves of ferns!
Good companions can be also shorter cultivars of Amsonia, smaller Alchemilla, Anemone hupehensis (japonica), Aquilegia, Asarum, woodland Aster (Aster divaricatus etc.), Brunnera, Chelone lyonii, Dicentra, Disporum, Epimedium, Gallium odoratum, most of common hardy Geraniums, Helleborus, Heuchera and Heucherella, Geum, Lysimachia, Mellittis, Mukdenia, Nepeta subsessillis, Penstemon digitalis and calycosus (and hybrids), Phlox (x carolina and interspecific hybrids, Phlox divaricata, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox bifida), Podophyllum, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Primula, Pulmonaria, Sedum ternatum, Spigelia, Stachys officinalis hybrids, Stylophorum, Tiarella, Tricyrtis, Uvularia, Viola or Walsteinia.
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Bergenia cordifolia 'Bressingham White' - PIGSQUEEK 'BRESSINGHAM WHITE'
Evergreen perennial with thick larger leaves and pure white flowers in the spring. Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society).
Appreciates cooler (partially shaded) spots or even cooler regions; even though it has been declared suitable for zones 3a to 9b, we recommend it for zones 3 to 6/7. Tolerates some drought, but is happier with regular-average rainfall moisture. This plant will tolerate dry shade too.
Otherwise this is a tough, long-lived, ground-covering perennial that is also deer and rabbit resistant. It attracts honey bees and probably other insects too.
Best for half-shade beds, full shade spots, woodland edges, woodland gardens, edges, rock gardens, shady banks of water bodies, and erosion control.
Blooming Time: March/April - beginning of May
Size: 15-18" and 18-24" wide, very slowly spreads into dense ground covering mat
USDA Zones: 3a to 6/7
Culture: Half/light or dappled shade to full shade, virtually any soil
Moisture Needs: medium-moist to medium-dry
Origin: the species of B. cordifolia originates from the mountains and rocky meadows of central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: honey bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations : Best in half shade, dappled shade, in cooler spots, woodland edge gardens, shade gardens, close to water features or pond/stream gardens. Meets in bloom and goes well with many later blooming spring bulbs and spring ephemerals. Looks well with fine structures like grassy leaves - Carex (sedges), Hakonechloa, narrow-leaved Hosta, Iris cristata (and the Asian counterparts) or Tradescantia and also fine leaves of ferns!
Good companions can be also shorter cultivars of Amsonia, smaller Alchemilla, Anemone hupehensis (japonica), Aquilegia, Asarum, woodland Aster (Aster divaricatus etc.), Brunnera, Chelone lyonii, Dicentra, Disporum, Epimedium, Gallium odoratum, most of common hardy Geraniums, Helleborus, Heuchera and Heucherella, Geum, Lysimachia, Mellittis, Mukdenia, Nepeta subsessillis, Penstemon digitalis and calycosus (and hybrids), Phlox (x carolina and interspecific hybrids, Phlox divaricata, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox bifida), Podophyllum, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Primula, Pulmonaria, Sedum ternatum, Spigelia, Stachys officinalis hybrids, Stylophorum, Tiarella, Tricyrtis, Uvularia, Viola or Walsteinia.
Picture copyright : Acabashi, Commons Wikipedia