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groundcover layer
elephant's ears
bergenia cordifolia
leathery cabbage-sized leaves that flush red in winter and early pink flower-heads for the first bees — an indestructible edging that holds the front of the bed year-round.
functions
ground coverpollinator foragewildlife habitat
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
any, tolerates dry and clay
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for elephant's ears — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
lady's mantlealchemilla mollis→lungwortpulmonaria angustifolia→bugleajuga reptans→lamb's earstachys byzantina→
see elephant's ears on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around elephant's ears
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- groundcover
- elephant's ears — the anchor
- herbaceous
- lady's mantlelungwort
- groundcover
- buglelamb's ear