General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 15 inches
Plant Spread: 1 - 2 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Leaves turn reddish bronze in fall and winter
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Magenta
Flower Time: Spring
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Pigsqueak
  • Heartleaf Bergenia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Bergenia crassifolia
  • Synonym: Bergenia cordifolia
Also sold as:
  • Winterglut
  • Winter Glow
  • Vinterglöd

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-10-26
Fall color and scalloped by bugs
Photo by dirtdorphins
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-04-14
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-03-15
Started indoors.
Location: Twisp
Date: September
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-01-31
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-06-06
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2014-05-02
Location: Twisp
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2021-04-27
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-27
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-06-06
Location: Frederick, MD
Date: 2007-04-25
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2012-04-17
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2012-04-17
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-05-27
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2009-06-06
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-04-27
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-04-27
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Date: 2013-10-07

Date: 2013-10-07

Date: 2013-10-07
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