Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
- From: F* C* <F*@TACONIC.NET>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:29:49 -0500
- References: <63aaa53c.36d648c7@aol.com>
I'm a fairly new and enthusiastic gardener who has never heard of bergenia or
pigsqueak, but now I know what you all are talking about. You're talking
about elephant's ears.
Clyde Crockett wrote:
> In a message dated 2/26/1999 12:26:24 AM Central Standard Time,
> gkorn@BLOOMNET.COM writes:
>
> << Any notion of why it was/is called Piqsqueak? >>
> **************************************************************************
>
> I don't know, but they are also called "Elephant's Ears." And the genus is
> sometimes called Megasea. AND B. ciliata is known as Winter Begonia.
> For some strange reason, I am going to try these again!
>
> Clyde Crockett z5
