Did you provide a location in partial shade for your bergenia?
Did you planted your bergenia in well-drained soil?
Do you water your bergenia regularly?
Do you feed your bergenia frequently?
Do you deadhead spent flowers to keep plants tidy?
Do you keep your bergenia free of pests and diseases?
Bergenias are ideal candidates for the shade garden. They thrive in partial shade, but will also tolerate heavy shade. The more sun plants receive, the more moisture they will need.
Like many plants, bergenia grows well in rich, loamy soil, and will expand to grow large clumps in this situation. Bergenia also grows in clay soils, which you can lighten over time with a top dressing of compost.
Bergenia likes consistent moisture. Help plants keep a moist root zone with a three-inch layer of mulch. Plants growing in the deep shade can survive periods of drought better than those growing in a sunny location.
Bergenia plants are light feeders and don't need any supplemental fertilizer to look their best. Growing bergenia plants in loamy soil amended with organic matter provides all the nutrients they need.
Cut back spent flower stalks to keep plants looking tidy in the summer, but this deadheading will not spur any further blooming. In areas where the foliage is marginally evergreen, trimming back tattered foliage will also increase plant tidiness.
Good job! You are taking good care of your bergenia.
Like many plants that grow well in shady areas, bergenia plants can suffer from slug and snail damage on its foliage. There are several ways to deal with these pests, including beer bait traps, cardboard traps, and diatomaceous earth.
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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