Family | Saxifragaceae

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Heuchera

Heuchera  is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the Saxifragaceae family , all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells.

Photo:  Jeanette Hyden

bergenia

Bergenia cordifolia is a ground cover and evergreen perennial for shady areas. This plant  is noted for its beautiful bronze fall foliage. Its leaves are rounded to heart-shaped and sometimes puckered and arranged in a spiral rosette. The pink to red flowers appear in bundles during spring on bald stems. Sometimes these are half-hidden under the leaf. It is planted in woodlands and near ponds or used as a groundcover in shady beds.

This garden plant is originally from China, Burma and Mongolia. The wax in the leaves were used by cobblers to polish shoes.

Family | Saxifragaceae