Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia

Hello Marge,
        I had Bergenia in the garden for a few years and finally gave up on them.
It was not they did not live and multiply... that they did. The large
leaves look lovely in early winter or late fall when they turn color, but
then they get beat up something terrible here without snow cover. In early
spring they come out of semi-dormancy too early and just as they are about
to bloom they get hit by freeze hard enough to kill the bloom stalk. I saw
blooms one year out of all the years they were in the garden. Just though
there were too many other plants that performed much better at that time of
year.
        Mine were in open shade with plenty of light and heavy clay soil on a
ridge. Some were in quite shallow soil over limestone rocks where a ledge
was formed. I mulched with chopped leaves same as in the rest of the
garden.
        Only place I have really seen these babies perform as advertised is in
nursery pots and the greenhouse in early spring.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@CLARK.NET>

> Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 2:02 AM
>
> Thanks, Lillian...now, I'm wondering if humidity is a real factor here?
> Any thoughts you successful growers out there?
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> > From: Lillian Champion <Liliaceae4@AOL.COM>
> > Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 10:50 AM
> >
> >
> > Marge, I tried one, but didn't grow much.  It was in full shade.  I
moved
> it
> > to where it will get 2 or 3 hours sun a day, so will see this spring if
> it is
> > doing more.  (I am in zone 7)
> > In Redlands & San Bernardino (zone 9) where I see them going wild and
> really
> > spreading, it is semi-desert land.  I usually see them planted in shade
> > gardens along with other shade lovers, but where they get filtered sun
or
> 1 or
> > 2 hours sun a day.  The air is pretty dry and the summer temperatures
> > frequently get to 110F.
> > Hope this helps
> > Lillian
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