Begonia (hardy)
By Homebird
- 9 Aug, 2017
- 8 likes
Comments on this photo
Hi Sheila, I think I would take the 'hardy' bit, with a pinch of salt, it looks like B grandis subsp, evansiana, which is hardy down to h2, {1 - 5c}, so it should be kept in a frost free greenhouse over winter, Derek.
9 Aug, 2017
My Begonia evansii has lived outside since I bought it from Spinner's Nursery about 17 years ago. It always surprises me how late it is into regrowth each year. I cover mine overwinter with bark chippings.
9 Aug, 2017
Hi Siris, how deep do you put the bark chippings ?, a few inches would probably keep the temperature above 1c where you are, but where I am I would probably need about a foot, but in my opinion if a plant needs that sort of protection, it isn't hardy, the lowest temperature I've seen in my garden is minus 22c in the bad winters we had a few years ago, so they would have had no chance of surviving, that's 1 of the drawbacks of living on the pennines?, Derek.
9 Aug, 2017
wow that looks like a lot of leaf from so small a pot!
9 Aug, 2017
Interesting one HB......
9 Aug, 2017
Derek, I put a couple of inches mulch of bark/dead dry leaves over the Begonia. I feel there is is a point where ones situation overcomes the effort, and I wouldn't buy in the first place.
10 Aug, 2017
Pictures by homebird
2682 of 2927
What else?
This photo is of species Begonia.
See who else has plants in genus Begonia.
This photo is of "Begonia (hardy)" in Homebird's garden
Members who like this photo
-
Gardening with friends since
2 Nov, 2009 -
Gardening with friends since
20 Jan, 2014 -
Gardening with friends since
23 Feb, 2011 -
Gardening with friends since
13 May, 2014 -
Gardening with friends since
9 Mar, 2012 -
Gardening with friends since
9 Jun, 2010 -
Gardening with friends since
27 Sep, 2008 -
Gardening with friends since
28 Mar, 2010
-
Begonia Million Kisses Collection* Buy 2 Get 1 Free!
£17.90 at Unwins -
Begonia Sherbet Bon Bon* Buy 2 Get 1 Free!
£17.90 at Unwins -
Trailing Begonia Illumination Apricot X 24 Large Plug Plants
£14.99 at Blooming Direct -
Begonia Hanging Sensation Collection
£14.75 at Unwins -
Begonia Prima Donna Ruffled Collection
£14.75 at Unwins
I did nt know you could get hardy Begonias I shall look forward to see it flowering.
9 Aug, 2017