Tour the garden of Sandy Willey, featured on 2007 Flynn Garden Tour. Winning bidder will also receive 3 potted Bergenia cordifolia plants with handsome foliage and flowers.Best used as ground cover along pathways or under shrubs or trees in shady places. Creeping rhizomes (not invasive) spead slowly to produce clumps. Foliage evergreen - flat under snow, and pops up in Spring. Bold leaves shaped like paddles prized by flower arrangers. Strong stems bear clusters of waxy flowers in Spring. Flowers range from white to purplish-red. Tolerant of wide range of soils. Prefer some shade, but will thrive in full sun if soil deep and moist. Can be divided easily.