best begonia?
best begonia?
I remember seeing previous threads on begonias. Can anyone recommend some good long flowering colourful ones please? ....shade tolerant best.
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Re: best begonia?
I like the ones called Bonfire or similar. Masses of orange flowers all summer long.
Re: best begonia?
Easily begonia luxurians no contest really.
Re: best begonia?
Really like the plant in hanging baskets but will not grow well for me.
Re: best begonia?
Those were in pots Rob,
Hanging basket:
Buy one ready to make up at a DIY store...or..
Buy one empty basket
One green liner that needs trimming do not try a small liner or the compost falls out
Compost a good one is Wessex
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Hanging basket:
Buy one ready to make up at a DIY store...or..
Buy one empty basket
One green liner that needs trimming do not try a small liner or the compost falls out
Compost a good one is Wessex
Water retaining crystals for the blazing summer we will experience again.
Plants
Fuchias
Begoina trailers
Petunias
Any cascading/pendulum plants
A centerpiece plant.
Re: best begonia?
They sell them near by when the time is right absolutely full of floors with no gaps.
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Re: best begonia?
For flowers I have Begonia tuberhybrida, they flower all season until about -2C, and are semi drought tolerant. There are upright and trailing types
http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... 8&p=369155
http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... 8&p=369155
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Re: best begonia?
I second Bonfire, I bought them as plug plants a couple of years ago and they provided a great display all summer.Yorkshire Kris wrote:I like the ones called Bonfire or similar. Masses of orange flowers all summer long.
Re: best begonia?
Thanks everyone. Now where is the best place to buy the plugs please?
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Re: best begonia?
Thompson and Morgan is where I get mine from.In fact I just put an order in today. They have got some half price as well. I have ordered begonia non stop, 70 plug plants for £9.99 and Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Illumination Mixed'
Half-hardy Perennialx72 plug plants for £19.99. I had these last year for my baskets and the colours were amazing and they were full of flowers and lasted for ages. Well worth the money
Half-hardy Perennialx72 plug plants for £19.99. I had these last year for my baskets and the colours were amazing and they were full of flowers and lasted for ages. Well worth the money
Re: best begonia?
I had tuberhybridas, mine flowered until January, though I wouldn't recommend keeping them flowering that long as in doing so I have killed it... You are best cutting down foliage and flowers in mild winters like the one we just had
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Re: best begonia?
Just let them go dry, and they go dormant with the stems falling offstephenprudence wrote:I had tuberhybridas, mine flowered until January, though I wouldn't recommend keeping them flowering that long as in doing so I have killed it... You are best cutting down foliage and flowers in mild winters like the one we just had
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Re: best begonia?
Thanks I will take a look.dorothy wrote:Thompson and Morgan is where I get mine from.In fact I just put an order in today. They have got some half price as well. I have ordered begonia non stop, 70 plug plants for £9.99 and Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Illumination Mixed'
Half-hardy Perennialx72 plug plants for £19.99. I had these last year for my baskets and the colours were amazing and they were full of flowers and lasted for ages. Well worth the money
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Re: best begonia?
Indeed, should have dug them up in November/December, however I left them in and they grew towards late January into early February - I think I must have over grown them, depleting them of their resources and they have withered and died (not having the appropriate resting period).Dave Brown wrote:Just let them go dry, and they go dormant with the stems falling offstephenprudence wrote:I had tuberhybridas, mine flowered until January, though I wouldn't recommend keeping them flowering that long as in doing so I have killed it... You are best cutting down foliage and flowers in mild winters like the one we just had