Badan - this is a genus of perennial evergreen herbaceous plants of the family kamnelomkovye. The Latin name Bergenia was given in honor of Karl Augusta von Bergen - German botanist, professor at the University of Viadrin, who singled out bergenia in a separate genus.
Popular name - Badian. The affiliation of this plant genus to the family of stone-sawing plants already suggests that the highland is the birthplace of Bergenia. In nature, Badan grows in forests at the foot of the mountains, on rocky mountain slopes and rocks at an altitude of 4500 m above sea level.
The plant has a creeping root, through which it grows, and two types of shoots - rosettes and flowering. Peduncles grow throughout the flowering and have a height of 20 to 60 cm.
Propagated by seed or root division. Bergenia includes about ten species of plants, of which many varieties are derived. Let's talk about the main types of bergenia.
Did you know? Bergenia contains glycosides, tannins, pectin substances and is used in medicine. Bergenia preparations have astringent, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic properties..
Badan thick
It is distributed in Siberia, in the south-east of Kazakhstan, Altai, in Northern Mongolia, China, and Korea. CA vegetative shoot has a height of up to 60 cm during the fruiting period. Flowers lilac-pink color collected in dense inflorescences.
Badan plate has bell-shaped flowers up to 12 mm in size, divided almost to the middle into rounded petals. Peduncles applicable for cutting. It blooms one of the first, blooms for about 50 days.
The leaves of the bergenia large, up to 20 cm wide, shiny, widened to the top and rounded at the base, rich green color, in the autumn become bright red.
Rhizome thick, up to 3-5 cm in diameter, creeping, branches strongly enough, forming dense thickets. Badan thick-leaved - the most common type of bergenia, so it is most often used in gardening.
Where does such badan grow? In the open area and in shady places where there is no long stagnant moisture. In a small shade the leaves will be larger.
Did you know? Badan thick-leaved is also called Mongolian or Chagir tea. For the preparation of this drink use dried, brown, overwintered leaves. They are washed, dried, crushed and brewed as black tea. Bergenia tea has strong tonic properties.
Badan Pacific
In nature, distributed in the south of the Far East. The leaves are egg-shaped, wedge-shaped at the base, with a grooved edge, bright green color. Leaves up to 9 cm wide, up to 15 cm long, do not overwinter. The length of the petioles is less than the length of the leaf plate.
Flowering stem of a reddish shade up to 45 cm high, may have one scaly leaf. Inflorescences of bright pink color up to 2 cm in length. It blooms in early spring, blooms for about a month, the fruits ripen in June-August. Badan Pacific is very similar to the thick-leaved, but its leaves are smaller and lower, and the inflorescences are not so thick.
Heart-ligunium
Homeland berdan cardiovascular - Altai. Plant up to 40 cm tall.
The leaves are heart-shaped, dense, dark green, wintering under the snow.
The flowers are bell-shaped pink, but there are varieties with white flowers.
Racemes inflorescences. The flowering period is about 20 days, blooms in May.
Important! Badan should be planted in early spring or early autumn. The root of bergenia, planted in the fall, in order to avoid frosting, it is desirable to cover with dry leaves. When planting, the root should be laid horizontally in the ground, deepening by about half the thickness, and not buried vertically.
Badan Ugamsky
This species has a narrow localization and grows only in the Western Tien Shan. It was found on the Ugamsky ridge, whence the name of this species. It grows at an altitude of 2800 m above sea level. Very small view.
Its leaves are large, up to 13 cm wide and up to 15 cm long, leathery, glossy, have an oval shape. The edges of the leaves with sharp teeth, on which there are notches of the second row. Peduncles strong, up to 30 cm high, as a rule, with one scaly leaf.
Inflorescences thick. Badana flowers Ugamsky up to 1.8 cm in length, consist of 5 petals of pink and crimson color. It blooms in July and August. The experience of growing in gardens is unknown.
Badan Schmidt
This species has matte, ellipsoid, dark green leaves up to 15 cm in width and up to 25 cm in length with jagged edges and long petioles.
A distinctive feature of this species is the structure of the leaves - at the base of the stem is small protrusions resembling wings.
Flowers bright pink-scarlet, drooping at the beginning of flowering, gathered in dense inflorescences. In the fall, leaves can become a deep red, even ink shade.
Badan Strechi
This is the smallest view. originally from the Pamirs and the Himalayas. Its leaves are glossy, oblong, deeply serrated along the edge, up to 10 cm in length and up to 5 cm in width.
Winter hardy leaves. Peduncles large, up to 30 cm tall, on which flowers of white and pink color can simultaneously be. The gardens bloom in May.
Did you know? Badan in the nineteenth century was used by artisans for tanning leather and dyeing fabrics in black and brown.
Badan ciliated
It grows in Tibet and the Himalayas. It has rounded, weakly heart-shaped at the base, leaves covered with bristles up to 35 cm in length, green, and in autumn a reddish-bronze color, with jagged or rounded-jagged edges.
Petioles too bristly. Peduncles dense, up to 30 cm in height, with few large white flowers with a pale pink shade, which darken when flowering. When frosts are above 18 ° C, leaves die off in winter.
Badass Hissar
Very rare species, in gardening is not common. It has rather large, dull, oblong leaves of obovate shape, smooth, with densely ciliated edges. Flower arrow up to 20 cm in height. The flower brush consists of 6-8 flowers located on one side. The flowers have 5 petals of light pink or white color.
Badan Hybrid
Badan hybrid is a variety of badan, obtained from the crossing of different species for decorative use in gardening. The varieties of bergenia hybrid are very diverse.
The color of flowers varies from white to deep lilac-purple and purple-red shades. The leaves can be of different size and shape with smooth or wavy edges, have a monotonous or spotty color and degree of color in autumn.
Important! If bergenia does not bloom for several years, it should be transplanted to another place.
Himalayan Badan
This is a form of bergen ciliated. Badan Himalayan, in contrast to ciliate bergenii, has smaller leaves, covered with bristles at the edges and from the back side, and almost smooth from the front. Peduncles up to 30 cm tall, flowers are almost white with dark sepals.
Bergenia is easy to breed in the garden.
Even if you plant a very ordinary variety on a small plot, Badan will revive it in spring, add shine in summer and brightly decorate it in autumn.
