Bergenia ‘Mrs Crawford’

A unique Bergenia collected in Kashmir and later named by Beth Chatto after a close friend. It forms a neat rosette of highly unusual, bright green leaves that have a strongly tapered, or cuneate, base with a coarse ciliate margin, typical of B. stracheyi. In autumn, the leaves turn a brilliant shade of crimson, plum red. Heads of small white, drooping flowers appear in spring in tight clusters.

An interesting foliage plant that may not be to everyone’s taste but is well worth growing for its winter colour and white flowers. Available from Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens.