Buy Beautiful Green-Leafed Begonia Semperflorens - Add Vibrant Color to Your Garden Today!
Original price
Rs. 99.00
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Original price
Rs. 99.00
Original price
Rs. 99.00
Rs. 99.00
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Rs. 99.00
Current price
Rs. 99.00
- Common name:
- Begonia Green Leaf
- Category:
- Flowering Pot Plants, Groundcovers
- Family:
- Begoniaceae or Begonia family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Various colored flowers available viz., Dark Pink, Pink, Light Pink, Orange, White
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Form:
- Oval
- Special Character:
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- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Attracts bees
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
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Plant Description:
- - These popular plants are natives of Australia.
- Flower in in many shades of red, pink and whites.
- These begonias are known as the fibrous rooted ones. They have normal thin roots. They grow well in warm regions. The other type is the tuberous rooted ones. These have larger showier flowers but grow well in cool climates only.
- The green leaf types do not take the sunlight and heat as well as the bronze leaf ones do.
- Leaves are shining parrot green, fleshy and round.
- Plants bloom profusely and continuously.
- Grow into mound shaped plants 15 to 40 cms tall.
- Plants form a dwarf, compact and showy bush.
- Seed grown plants should always be used. They have good basal branching, excellent compact form and good color range. Cutting grown plants are lanky and form spraggly plants. -
Growing tips:
- - Fibrous rooted begonias take sunlight well. They require ample water.
- They do not like very hot weather.
- Full sunlight in the cool monsoon and winter season suits them fine.
- Good soil with lot of organic matter is required.
- These free flowering begonias are ideal for bedding pot and basket.
- A compost of equal parts of loam, leaf mould well decomposed manure and river sand is suitable.