Wax begonias , or unchewable begonias , areannualplants . These brightly dark bedding begonias are equally at home in full sun ( except where temperature stay above 90 degree Fahrenheit for days on end ) or full but bright shade ( where Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree are pruned gamey ) . From first setting them out until they are laid scummy by frost , they ’ll be take with white , pink , rose , orredblossoms . Virtually untouched by bug or blight , their only shortcoming is a relatively narrow colour range of mountains . They are widely usable in market place packs .
verbal description : Uniformity is the trademark of most wax begonia : tight mounds of closely pack leaves covered with flush . All four prime colors are useable with your choice of leaf color : chocolaty - Red River or shade of green . The deeper - colored or bronze - go forth varieties offer specially eye - catching contrast with flowers . There are also varieties with double flowers that resemble fat little rosebud and others with variegated foliage .
How to grow : Fibrous begonia perform well in deep , well - drain territory , but the soil must be allowed to dry between tearing . They ’ll take shape tight , compact plant in full sun , with increasingly liberal form and fewer flowers as you move them deeply into the shade . Most crossbreed will grow six to nine inches high and spread as all-embracing .
Propagation : Most hybrids are grown from seed , but slap-up longanimity is required . Dustlike seeds ( two million per ounce ) must be inseminate in December or January for big , husky plants by May . Germination temperature is 70 level to 85 degree Fahrenheit and requires 14 to 21 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . cutting root readily , so an easier mode to start plant is on a sunny windowsill during descent and wintertime .
Uses : Wax - leaved begonias loan themselves to gravid , formal plantings because of their undifferentiated size and shapeliness . They ’re also desirable in front of summer annual borders and combine well with other cool - colored flowers in sundry planting and container .
related to varieties : democratic , dark - leaved kind are the Cocktail series : Brandy , Vodka , Whiskey , and Gin . Good green - leaved varieties are found in the Lotto and Pizzazz series . Avalanche begonias in pink or clean are rangy , suit for containers and hanging basket , where their arching increase wont is handsome .
Scientific name : Begonia semperflorens
