Bergenia × Mukdenia = Mukgenia? Maybe Not...
If it's one thing I know, horticulturists love to hybridize plants to create uniquely new and never before seen genetic combinations. Que the "Mukgenia", a relatively new plant developed by hybridizing Mukdenia with Bergenia . At first glance this being an intergeneric hybrid makes it rather impressive as these crosses between very distantly related plants are often not easily made. The developer has also not publicly provided many details regarding how they were able to achieve this cross. They did however leave some clues such as indicating this was made with good old fashioned cross pollination (no laboratory needed) and the single "Mukgenia" hybrid clone which they have released for sale was not the result of their first cross. This indicates they may have repeated the same cross multiple times while searching for the "perfect" (according to their goals) plant, or this plant may have originated from back crossing or otherwise line breeding o