Bergenia ‘Ballawley Guardsman’

There is little information on this relatively unknown Irish cultivar which is suspected to be a synonym of 'Ballawley' due to the introduction of a mossy saxifrage under the same name (1941) from Mrs Shaw Smith’s Ballawley Alpine Nursery in Ireland, which also introduced Bergenia 'Ballawley' c.1940. No name or description for Bergenia 'Ballawley Guardsman' has been traced in nursery catalogues and further investigation is required.

This clone was found growing at NTS Greenbank Garden and is likely to have come from Christopher Hallsworth’s National Collection.