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Bergenia 'Overture' (Elephant's ears 'Overture')

Other names: Elephant's ears 'Overture', Bergenia cordifolia 'Overture', Pigsqueak 'Overture'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Overture' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen perennial bearing rounded, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves, turning red to maroon in winter, and upright, reddish-brown stems bearing dense clusters of open bell-shaped, bright magenta flowers from mid- to late spring.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
0.45 m 0.3 m 2-5 years
1 ft 0 ft 2-5 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Chalky
  • Clay
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
  • North
Exposure
  • Exposed
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Plant in moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil in sun or part shade. Tolerates poor soil and exposed sites, but avoid hot, dry conditions. Weed around plants until they have joined up to make ground cover

Suggested uses

Banks and Slopes, Ground Cover, Coastal, Flower Arranging, Beds and borders, City, Low Maintenance, Underplanting, Bees (attract & feed bees)

UK hardiness

H7

USDA zones

Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10

Sunset zone

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Unknown
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Evergreen

Habit

Bushy, Clump-forming, Rounded

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Remove faded flower spikes and dead or damaged leaves in spring.

Propagation methods

Division, Root plantlets

Propagation

Divide in early spring.

Pests

Slugs

Snails

Vine weevil

Caterpillars

Diseases

Leaf spot

Divide and replant clumps in autumn or early spring

Cut untidy foliage and spent flower stalks (optional)

Weed around plants until they can grow to form ground cover

Remove faded flower stems in early summer

Plant in moist but well-drained soil (autumn or spring)

Plant in full sun or partial shade (autumn or spring)

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