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• #Wax begonia red how to#

Water more frequently when grown in hanging baskets or containers. Overwatered begonia stems and roots can often rot during our humid, sometimes rainy summers. Space plants 8 inches apart in beds and closer together in containers. Plant seedlings in well-drained, moist soil in a part sun or shade location after all danger of frost has passed. Ideally they will get a few hours of morning sun to flower best. Although they grow well in shade, too much shade will inhibit flowering. While you can grow wax begonias from seed started indoors 12 weeks before your last frost date, most home gardeners prefer to buy transplants from the local garden center. I’ll cover those in the bulb section of this book. They will continue flowering in a sunny window.Īnother popular type of begonia for gardens is the tuberose begonia.

Move begonias indoors to grow as a houseplant.

This low growing plant will flower right up to frost. Not only are the flowers attractive in shades of white, pink, and red, but some varieties have red or bronze-tinged, glossy leaves making them an attractive plant even when they aren’t in flower. They’re one of the few annual plants that flower well in part shade. The wax-leafed begonia is probably the most popular annual for shade gardens and container growing.

#Wax begonia red how to#

Learn how to grow wax begonias including information on the different varieties.īegonias bloom summer until frost in colors such as white, pink, coral, salmon, and redīegonias are a broad group of shade-loving flowers.