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Begonia
Bada Bing Rose Begonia
Photo: Begonia 'Bada Bing Rose', David MacTavish, Hutchinson Farm Greenhouse, April 21, 2014
Grown at Hutchinson Farm since 2014. Available May 2017, in 4½" pots, hanging baskets, planters, and pouches.

  • Description
         Begonias are available in a wide range of colours, shapes, and sizes. They are one of the few types of flowers that bloom in the shade, but they also tolerate sunny conditions.

  • Growing Guide
    Extremely versatile, begonias are perfect in containers and massed flower bed plantings. They will thrive in both sun and part shade, and make an excellent alternative to shade impatiens. Self cleaning and maintenance free, fertilize lightly.

  • Colours and Varieties

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    Series
    		 Description
    		 Habit etc
    		 Colours
    Bada Bing
    Bada Bing Rose
    		 One of the smallest begonias, the Bada Bings are best suited to massed plantings, and pouches
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded, upright
    Height: 8 - 12"

    Width: 8 - 12"
    Spacing: 8 - 12"    		 Bicolor
    Pink
    Rose
    Rose
    Scarlet
    White
    Babywing
    Baby Wing Pink
    		 The Babywing plant is the same size as Dragon Wing, but as the name suggests, the dragon wing shaped leaves are smaller, and there are more colours available.
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded, semi-trailing
    Height: 12 - 15"

    Width: 10 - 12"
    Spacing: 10 - 12"    		 Bicolor
    Pink
    Red
    White
    Big
    Big Pink
    		 Big showy plants with big showy blossoms!
    BIGs perform so well, and have so much colour throughout the summer that they far surpass traditional begonias and other bedding plants. Ideal massed plantings, or large containers.
    link to Big website http://big-begonia.com/
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded
    Height: 12 -18"

    Width: 12 -18"
    Spacing: 12 -18"
    		 Pink
    Red
    Dragon Wing
    Dragonwing Red
    		 Lush and vigorous, the dragon wing shaped leaves, and large flowers, arch and cascade over the sides of hanging baskets and planters.
    		Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded, semi-trailing
    Height: 12 - 15"

    Width: 15 - 18"
    Spacing: 12 - 15"    		 Pink
    Red
    Illumination
    Illumination Golden Picotee
    		 Cascading begonias -perfect for hanging baskets and containers!
    The double blossoms are large, look great, and come in a variety of colours.
    Also Funky Pink, a new release similar blossom and habit to Illumination
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded, semi-trailing
    Height: 8 - 12"

    Trailing: 12 - 24"
    Spacing: 8 - 12"    		 Salmon Pink
    Rose
    White
    Apricot
    Scarlet
    Orange
    Peaches ’n Cream
    Lemon
    Golden Picotee
    NonStop
    Nonstop Mix
    		 Nonstop flower power.
    The star of the begonia universe, Nonstops have the fullest blossoms, the most colours, the longest season, and they can grow practically anywhere,

    http://www.begonia-nonstop.com/
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Mounded
    Height: 8 - 12"

    Width: 6 - 10"
    Spacing: 8 - 12"    		 Red
    Deep Rose
    Pink
    Yellow
    White
    Orange
    Apple blossom
    Rose Petticoat
    Santa Cruz
    Santa Cruz
    		 Begonia Boliviensis
    These feature narrow leaves, and long cascading blossoms, another great choice for hanging baskets and containers.
    Santa Cruz Sunset is a gorgeous scarlet, San Francisco is salmon, and the new Santa Barbara is white.
    		 Hardiness: Annual
    Habit: Trailing
    Height: 4 - 6"

    Trail: 12 - 18"
    Spacing: 8 - 12"         		Sunset
    San Francisco
    Santa Barbara