Garden begonia is a cultivated plant that is popular in our country and is propagated with tubers. To date, more than a thousand varieties have been bred that have beautiful and bright flowers of red, orange, pink and white shades.

In height, the plant reaches only 25 centimeters, but you can not call it unpretentious. Planting and care requires certain skills, because the flowers are quite picky. Therefore, if you decide to plant this wonderful bush in the country, you will have to find out all the conditions for planting begonias, as well as recommendations for the care of the plant.

Features

Perennial begonia is quite common in country houses and backyards. It has low bushes, so this beauty can be planted in small-sized flower beds located along fences or paths.

Since the flowers react very badly to the direct rays of the sun, it is advisable to plant them in places where there is almost always shade.

As a rule, the plant reproduces by tubers, but if desired, it can be grown even from seeds. Begonia tubers are afraid of cold, so it is not recommended to plant it in early spring.

The best time for landing will be the month of June, when at night the temperature does not drop to zero.

Propagation of seedlings

To plant beautiful bushes, it is enough to purchase three to six tubers of the favorite variety, and then you can propagate the roots at home. To purchase good and strong tubers, choose seedlings of small diameter (up to 6 mm). The main thing is that the roots have live "eyes", then the plant will take root and bloom in due time.


  • If you decide to propagate the bushes yourself, the process must begin ahead of time. In winter, the tubers are planted in wet sand and stored in the basement;
  • Watering the tuber is also required to follow certain rules. The soil moisture must be constantly monitored, as long as it is not dry. But at the same time try not to overwet the soil so that the roots do not start to rot;
  • Planting in the breeding grounds is carried out in March, so that by June beautiful flowering buds appear in the begonia;
  • Before planting begonia in the soil, cut off the old roots of the seedlings;
  • It is desirable to disinfect the roots. For this, seedlings are kept in hydrogen peroxide (1%) for about half an hour. This type of treatment will become mandatory if mold is found on the roots;
  • In order for the plant to receive sufficient starting fertilizing, purchase special care products at the store. They will protect begonia from many diseases and give it enough strength for further development.

All these features of cultivation must be taken into account on a mandatory basis if you want to see excellent flowering bushes on your backyard.

How to plant seedlings

It is desirable to define each spine in a separate cup filled with peat. This method of planting does not injure the roots and will facilitate the process of habituation of begonias to new conditions.

Subtleties care for seedlings:


  • The soil should be rich in organic matter. In this case, the plant is good for weakly acid soils, so be sure to stock up with peat. If in your garden frankly bad soil, get ready earthen mixtures;
  • The main thing is that all tubers are planted only sprouting up! Roots sprinkled with earth. The thickness of the layer should not exceed 2-3 centimeters, otherwise the shoots will be difficult to break through the soil;
  • When the environment temperature is 20-22 degrees, the begonia will grow rather quickly, since this temperature is optimal for the plant;

If you did everything right, in a week wait for the appearance of young leaves. To care for the bush, you will need to periodically moisten the soil and sprinkle top dressing about 1-2 times a week.

Important points in the care of begonia

During the landing, it is very important to observe the optimal distance between the bushes - a maximum of 25 centimeters. Only in this case, you will get beautiful shrubs with flowers in the form of a luxurious carpet. After planting seedlings, the ground must be mulched to break the capillarity. Then the perennial begonia garden will not start to dry out. For these purposes, sawdust or crushed expanded clay is often used.

When the begonia grows up, it can be “fed” only a couple of times a month.


If you collect water for irrigation from a well, add one tablespoon of food vinegar to the bucket to soften the water.

With the arrival of cold and frost, begonia is dug out and stored all winter until spring. The garden plant has the compact sizes. The bush grows up to 30 cm high. Butonov is quite a lot, which sometimes the foliage is not even visible. The size of flowers in diameter range from 5 to 15 cm.

The texture of inflorescences is terry and semi-double. Color varied. In appearance, they resemble flowers of roses, azaleas, peonies, depending on the variety. Stem and foliage juicy green. The shape of the leaves is asymmetric, the edges are notched.

Reference!  At the end of flowering, the fruit is formed - a box of seeds. They are very small, in 1 gram there are 90 thousand seeds.

Can I plant on the street?

Begonia is considered a moisture-loving plant. Prefers to grow in partial shade. However, now you can easily find varieties that grow excellently in an environment with high temperature and low humidity. They are not afraid of small frosts and torrential rains.

Most often, tuberous varieties are planted in the open land. Rhizome flowers are planted in the summer in flower beds, and at the end of autumn they are planted in flowerpots and put into a room. Sometimes, not to waste time, gardeners plant begonias in pots, they decorate flower beds and balconies.

In bad weather, hiding back to the house. But for plants such transfers are unfavorable. Therefore, as practical experience shows, for our climatic conditions it is better to choose adapted varieties  or find immediately a suitable place.

Subspecies

As a result of many years of breeding and crossing of various classes of plants, as a result, received a huge number of hybrids.

Below are the most common ones.

There are double, semi-double and smooth flowers. Color white, pale pink, yellow, scarlet, bright red. Stem fleshy durable. This species has a long flowering process.: from the first of June to the end of November. When growing the tuberous begonia in the open air, it is important to pay attention to certain nuances. In winter, the plant needs greenhouse storage.

Length down hanging shoots up to 80 cm. Falling varieties of ampelous begonias look good when decorating outdoor vertical structures. Grow them in hanging pots or on stands. Hybrid varieties remain attractive even with the onset of small frosts..

There are numerous varieties of this subspecies. Bushes grow small, up to 15-20 cm in height. The foliage is oval in shape, smooth in texture and has a color from light green to brown. Used for decorating flower beds in parks, squares. Plants are not capricious, even beginners can take care of them.

More details about the types of begonias can be found.

Planting in the garden

Landing in the open ground of a garden herbaceous plant begins at the end of May, when warm, sunny weather stabilizes. Before planting, the tuberous begonia is germinated in greenhouse conditions at a temperature of + 22-24 ° C.   Ever-flowering varieties are planted with the first flowers.This allows you to immediately give a decorative look to the flower beds.

To get unsurpassed beauty in the garden, you should pay attention to the following:

  1. It is better to have begonias in the penumbra, because diffused light makes it possible to form a lush bush, and not to be pulled upwards. But give a place under the sun to light-loving flowers.
  2. Ground for begonias should be loose, with a neutral pH. In the fall, dig up the soil, remove the rhizomes of weeds, add humus, peat, sand, so that the soil is more easily breathable. Plants can grow in one place for about 6-7 years. They practically do not drain the land. With a lack of free space in the beds, it is recommended to plant flowers in flowerpots.
  3. Watering is carried out regularly, but do not overdo it. Moistening the soil can lead to rotting of the root system. For begonias growing in flowerbeds and for pot growing, a drainage layer must be made. In the autumn to minimize moisture.
  4. After the preparatory work, the process of street planting begins with the preparation of holes, a depth of 20-25 cm. Fragile shoots or sprouted tubers are carefully and carefully placed in them. Powdered with earth and wood ash. The gap between the begonias should be 20 cm.
  5. In late autumn, the tuberous begonia is removed from the ground. Tubers cleaned from the ground, washed and dried. Then put in a cool storage place until next season.

Proper care for street begonia is to regularly moisten the soil, loosen the soil and add fertilizer. Do not allow the formation of crusts under the flowers.they do not like it. However, to loosen the soil should be careful not to touch the stems and leaves of plants.

Begonia spends a lot of power on flowering. Therefore, you need to make nutrients several times a year. In spring, the procedure is performed with a full range of mineral fertilizers for good rooting and active development of green mass.

To build begonias in the following ways::

  • division of the tuber;
  • vegetative;
  • seed.

Garden begonia belongs to the class of tuberous plants, so the first method of reproduction is most suitable. In greenhouses, this method is the main one when growing a garden species.


Although the begonia seeds are quite small in size, they are still used to produce seedlings.   Seed method is applicable provided that there is a greenhouse. Otherwise, it is better to choose two other methods. Also, propagating plants using seeds, many maternal characteristics are lost: color, texture of inflorescences.

More information about the breeding of begonias can be found.

Common diseases

Street begonia, as well as indoor plants are subject to diseases. The main reason for this is a violation of proper care, especially for greenhouse maintenance.

Deviations from the parameters may lead to the development of such diseases:

  • Mealy dew, a fungal disease of flowers, due to which white scurf appears on the surface of leaves. When the fungus spreads, yellowish spots appear, round shape. They can be seen on the lumen or on the back of the leaves. Powdery mildew develops in conditions of high humidity and lack of ventilation. To combat this disease should be by spraying a fungicide or sulfur.
  • Root rot. The disease develops due to an overabundance of moisture in the soil and a low temperature in the room. First, the roots of the plant are damaged. This disease also spreads to the leaves, they are twisted, and the stems undergo a process of rotting. You can get rid of begonia from this problem by removing the damaged areas and treating the fungicide with a solution.

More nuances about begonia diseases can be found.

Pests

  1. Aphid. It feeds on plant sap, which leads to leaf deformation. With this pest are struggling with the treatment of infusion of celandine, onion decoction.
  2. Spider mite. Located on the bottom of the sheet. Prefers also young shoots. The appearance of a tick is indicated by pallor, falling away of foliage. To destroy the use of soap solution.
  3. Thrips. Small flying pests. Signs of their presence on begonias: dark brown spots on the leaves, which are distributed along the edges or in the center. Subsequently, the leaf turns yellow and dies. In this case, urgent treatment of the begonia with an insecticide solution is necessary. For example, the drug "Aktara", dilute 1 g per liter of liquid.

Street begonia is well suited for creating flower arrangements. It easily connects with various shrubs, which give it a partial shade, as well as decorative leafy plants, perfectly complements low-growing perennial flowers.

Begonias look great with such curb summer plants: Surfinia, Lobularia, Iberis, Lobelia. An excellent tandem is obtained by merging begonias with asters, lilies, and tsenirariyami.

Application in landscape design

These flowers are used by designers to create alpine slides, park flower beds with unique patterns of flowers. Also, quite often you can find begonias in vases for decorating terraces, gardens, open areas, flower beds.

Important!  Begonias in pots are used to add color to a uniform green lawn and flower carpets. Landscaping specialists all over the world use this unusually colorful flower, because if you don’t plant it, everything will turn out great.

In general, garden begonia is an ideal plant for a garden, a house, a park. Unpretentious nature and long-blooming bloom add only positive qualities. No wonder that begonia is selected and grown on an industrial scale.

Decorative culture has asymmetric leaves of unusual color.  The lower part of the sheet is reddish, brown and dark purple hues. Begonia stem upright with pronounced nodes or dodging. Inflorescences are several small, medium or large flowers (complex panicle). Flowers same-sex, monoecious, irregular.

In accordance with the configuration of the bush and the size of the flower begonia tuber is:

  • Krupnotsvetkovoy.
  • Small flowers.
  • Ampelnaya.

Tepals unequal, brightly colored.  The fruit is a box of a triangular shape. The origin of the tuberous begonia goes back to the mid-19th century.

Hybrids created from two varieties of wild begonias from Bolivia are on sale. They were called Zeden.

Later this species was used for crossing begonias of different species: David, Clark, Veitchi. To obtain modern varieties used at least 7 types of culture.

A photo

Here you can see photos of begonias in a flowerbed and in a pot:







Names and brief characteristics of varieties

For registration of garden sites, street beds and lawns use various grades:

  • Golden Ball, Primadonna, Kelbruthrot.  The stem is branching, the leaves on top are red or green. The diameter of the flowers from 4 to 20 cm.
  • Camelia flora with large terry flowers.  Bushes 30 cm high. Blooms all season.
  • Olomouc, Firemeer.  The leaves are simple, smooth and shiny; stalk branched. Terry inflorescences. Shades are white, pink, red. Bloom until frost.

For planting in pots are suitable tuberous begonias of the beloved Chanson variety. The culture is characterized by small double flowers of orange, red, white and yellow. Begonia Margarita refers to the ampel species. Yellow camel-like buds are 15 cm in size. White of Opium blooms from mid-summer to early autumn. It has shiny smooth leaves and an exquisite aroma.

Features of planting

Planting decorative culture in the open ground is made in early June, when the probability of frosts is over. Choose shaded, well-protected from the wind places. Before planting in the garden, begonia is gradually accustomed to outdoor conditions: they are carried out to the balcony, prolonging the time they spend outdoors.

Important!  The soil for begonias must be slightly acidic with good breathability.

The procedure for planting in open ground:

  1. Make holes for each plant, given the size of the seedling. For large ones, the distance is 30 cm, for medium ones - 20 cm, for small ones - 15 cm.
  2. Pour the mixture of humus with ash into the wells, pour lightly and place planting material in it.
  3. Cover the ground with an escape.

After planting the land need to zamulchirovat ash and humus.  It is necessary to regularly loosen the soil near the landings in order to saturate it with oxygen. At home, a tuberous begonia is planted in January. The deadline is May. If you plan to buy planting material, it is made in March. The tubers will already have buds. Tubers prepared for planting should be dense, without dents and traces of fungus.

Begonias have a superficial root system, therefore the pot is chosen wide and shallow.

Any material of the vessel: ceramics, plastic, glass. For landing, you can use a wooden tub. To prevent rotting of the roots, a drainage layer is laid on the bottom,  charcoal is poured on top.

Begonia prefers loose earth with low acidity. For planting buy ready-made soil or prepare it yourself.

Take on one part:

  • Of humor.
  • Peat
  • Sand.
  • Leafy land.

The resulting mixture is poured into a two-thirds pot and transferred to planting the culture. How to plant a pot:

  1. Remove the tubers from the old roots.
  2. Disinfect the rhizomes in a solution of manganese for half an hour.
  3. Do indentations in the ground.
  4. Put the tuber into the ground with the convex side down.

Seedlings sprinkled with loose soil. Kidneys do not fall asleep.

Care

For harmonious growth in the home, the plants are placed in a bright, but not bright place.  The optimal solution - south-western and eastern windows.

Attention!  Tuberous begonias should be protected from direct sunlight. Leaves may burn. In the period of activity of the sun window shade.

Watering features:

  • You can not use cold water from the water supply system and spray plants from the spray.
  • Irrigation mode - two or three times a week.
  • Liquid is distributed evenly throughout the pot.
  • Watering water should be at room temperature. Before use, it is defended day, boiled or filtered. To soften add garden peat.
  • In winter, moisten once a week with warm water as the soil dries.

At the time of flowering begonias water more often. Excessive bay is not allowed, otherwise a fungus is formed. When the earth dries out after moistening, it is loosened to a depth of 1 cm in order to preserve moisture inside the tank.

For fertilizer on sale there are special tools:  Kemira Lux, Good Power, Bona Forte, Mr. Color and others. You can independently prepare the mixture for feeding.

For example:

  1. Dissolve 1 gram of dry yeast in 1 liter of warm water with a spoon of sugar.
  2. Let stand for 3 hours.
  3. Before use, dilute the resulting solution in pure water at a ratio of 1: 5.

Feed this composition can be 5 times a year. For fertilizer use dried crushed banana peel. Once a month, sprinkle the soil in a pot with powder and water it abundantly. You can make an irrigation solution by grinding egg shells and adding warm water in a ratio of 1: 5. Insist 15 days, once every 3 days, mix the composition.

Watering a flower with this tool is carried out no more than 1 time per month. For home begonias, the optimum temperature is 18-23 degrees heat.  In winter, not lower than plus 15. Pruning is carried out in a period when the plant has faded and began to shed leaves. Dead shoots are cut 1-2 cm from the tuber and put the flower in a cool place.

Care for begonia that grows in the open field, is watering, feeding and weeding. Features of care:

  • Provide regular and abundant watering (especially in dry time), avoiding stagnant water.
  • Moisturize plants every three days. Desirable in the morning.
  • Water pouring around the tuber.
  • Fertilize blooming begonias complex liquid fertilizers. Top dressing combined with watering.
  • Young bushes to feed potash, phosphate compounds, additionally make compost.

With the onset of cold, begonias do not water and do not feed. When the plants are dead, they are prepared for winter: the ground part is removed, the tubers are dug out after 2 weeks and dried. Then they are cleaned and placed in a box with peat or moss in a single layer. Clean in a cold place - in the basement or in the refrigerator.

Diseases and pests

Both garden and indoor plants are afraid of dampness. The root system begins to rot, the fungus is turned on. Gray rot infects the leaves. On the top of the formation of a raid.

To get rid of the disease will help the solution of soap with blue vitriol. Abundant waterlogging provokes powdery mildew. On the leaves appear light gray spots. To solve the problem, wipe the leaves with soapy water. Garden begonias (especially growing in the greenhouse) suffer from pests:

  • Nematodes.
  • Whitefly and others.

Special means will help to protect plants from harmful insects.

Causes of diseases of the ornamental culture can be improper care, improper soil and waterlogging. To suppress the development of fungal germs, begonias are sprayed with fungicides:  Bordeaux mixture, Topaz, Fundazole.

We offer to watch a video about diseases of tuberous begonias:

Breeding

Tuberous begonia bred green cuttings, seeds or division of the tuber. To get the cuttings, put tubers in a container with fertile soil and place them in a bright place. When shoots appear, they are broken off and placed in cups or in a container. After rooting, sprouts are planted in a permanent place. Features of growing begonias from seeds at home:

  • Seeds are planted in trays in the soil with a high content of peat (the optimal time for planting - the end of February).
  • Planting material is scattered on wet ground. Do not sprinkle on top.
  • Seed containers are covered with glass or plastic wrap to create conditions conducive to germination.

For breeding begonias by dividing the tuber it is cut into several parts. Places cuts sprinkled with crushed coal and put the planting material in the ground.

Video about the reproduction of the tuberous begonias:

Tuberous begonia - unpretentious herbaceous plant,  which is suitable for cultivation in the garden in the open field and at home in pots. To bloom was abundant, the plants need to provide proper care and protection from diseases and pests.

Extraordinarily beautiful plant is begonia. Its main feature is considered lush flowering. For begonia garden planting and care in the open field is carried out according to certain rules. Competent care is a guarantee that the plant will grow strong and abundantly blooming.

The beauty and sophistication of this type of plants give a gentle and subtle inflorescences. They are of different colors, you can meet the airy begonia of a delicate pink hue or strict purple, as well as olive, red, white and mother-of-pearl. This beauty comes from tropical countries such as Africa and Asia. Loves plant increased humidity and diffused sunlight. In nature, begonia grows in the form of shrubs, dwarf shrubs and vines.

Garden begonia is a perennial plant, in the backyards and gardens, a darkened place is searched for it, well lit and ventilated, provide regular watering.

There is a large variety of varieties of this flower, they all have their differences - both external and in the features of cultivation. Of the abundance of subspecies, the following varieties are considered the most popular:

  1. 1 Begonia Tubergibrid. The diameter of these extraordinary beauty of flowers is 6-20 cm. By their appearance they resemble lotuses and roses. The abundance of flowers adorns a low shrub whose height is 30 cm. The leaves have a rich green color, they are fragile and wide, on fleshy legs. Begonia garden has a root system in the form of a large tuber. This variety is called tuberous begonia. It differs in the duration of flowering, which begins in early summer and ends in autumn.
  2. 2 Begonia Sempeflorens. This type is called ever-flowering due to lush flowers. Landscape designers are increasingly using it to design parks and gardens, it is able to decorate any personal plots on their own or to complement the design composition. Bushes reach a height of 10-15 cm, medium-sized flowers are abundantly located throughout the shrub, mostly white, red and pink. The leaves of this variety are characterized by an elongated shape and a shiny coating. It is considered one of the undemanding species.
  3. 3 Begonia Pendyla. Unusual variety differs ampelous form. It reaches a height of 15 cm, sprawling shoots are covered with small flowers of predominantly white color.

These varieties are not the only ones for the garden, ornamental species have a wide variety of subspecies. Caring for each variety requires a special one; therefore, acquiring a new representative of this kind should study the rules of caring for it.

Growing seedlings and planting

Any cultivation begins with the planting of a young plant. Begonia is planted in the open ground in spring, after warm and dry weather has been established. The soil is needed acidic, rich in humus. Most people are planted in the garden immediately flowering plant. Begonia Sempeflorens and Begonia Tubergibrid are most often used in landscape design, so they are planted in open ground with the appearance of the first flowers.

Tuberous begonia for planting is grown in greenhouses, it is transplanted to a permanent place by an already formed plant with the beginning of flowering. The soil for planting is prepared in the fall, it is necessary to dig and fertilize. With the beginning of spring, many gardeners spread fertilizer on future flower beds as soon as the snow melts. Place for landing should be a little in the shade, but to be lit, without direct sunlight.

You can not plant this plant on the site where there is increased moisture and drafts. When planting flowers is to observe a certain distance, it depends on the type and size of an adult plant. As a rule, this distance is more than 20 cm. With a thick landing, you can get a blooming carpet of incredibly beautiful begonias.

Begonia seedlings are prepared as follows:

  1. 1 Need to select healthy tubers.
  2. 2 Next, a layer of drainage is placed in special tanks and filled with peat soil. Many growers recommend buying a special substrate in flower shops. But some are excellent cost of homemade soil. For this you need: turf land -1 part, sandy soil - 3 parts, peat - 1 part. The soil is prepared in advance and well sifted and ignited. Most gardeners believe that you can not take the soil from the beds for seedlings, but it is also widely believed that this leads to a better adaptation of young plants after planting in familiar soil.
  3. 3 Tubers deepen slightly, sprouts remain above the ground, they are powdered by 2-3 cm. Containers with seedlings are placed in a greenhouse, air temperature is 20-22 ºС. The first shoots should appear in 10 days. Ventilate the room regularly to avoid powdery mildew. This disease is typical for this type of flowers. If such a disease appears on the seedlings, then it is worth treating it with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
  4. 4 In the open ground, seedlings are planted as soon as 2-3 leaves appear. It should take about 2 months from the time of planting tubers, during this time the plant will have time to get stronger.

The holes after planting the planting material are mulched, this will help protect the tubers from pests and diseases. For mulch suitable sawdust, peat or expanded clay.

Basic rules of care

General care in the garden is timely watering and feeding the bushes. For watering, it is better to choose the morning time and at the same time avoid water from falling on the leaves and flower petals, since with the advent of the sun, different parts of the plant can get burned. If mulching was performed, then watering is done a little less than usual, since the soil is protected from drying out. It is worth remembering that watering is reduced by half during the period of active flowering. If we talk about care throughout the year, the plants that are in greenhouses, are watered rarely in winter and only after the soil dries. Water for irrigation is better to use separated and warm.

For fertilizer it is best to use ready-made universal bait intended for flowering plants. Prikorm should be made 2-3 times per season, as the lush bloom takes a lot of power from the plant. From the moment of disembarkation, fertilizing is produced by complex fertilizers, which will help to gain green mass and strengthen the shoots. During the formation of buds using drugs with potassium and phosphorus.

Periodically it is necessary to inspect the flowers in the garden, remove dried leaves and cut off the flowering buds.

With the onset of autumn, the plant is dug up, pruned. Before laying for winter storage, the tubers of the street begonia must be washed and dried. For storage it is better to use a wooden box with river sand. Store the container with tubers in the basement or other cool place. It is important during the winter to regularly check the condition of the tubers, timely remove spoiled roots.

For begonia garden planting and care is not difficult to perform. The main thing is to follow all the recommendations and adhere to the rules of cultivation of this species. For the garden, this beauty will become a real highlight, which can, with proper care, bloom abundantly and magnificently throughout the summer, for a long time to please the owners of the garden and their guests with their beautiful view.

The famous botanist Charles Plumier, studying the local flora of the West Indies, discovered a plant that pleases many generations of gardeners with flowering. It is impossible to look away from the photo of modern begonia varieties: the plants are fascinating with their beauty and pomp. Begonia: proper planting and care when grown in open ground, methods of reproduction.

Garden begonia: varieties and varieties

Begonia is a flowering plant that is decorative throughout the growing season. Different varieties of begonias, besides amazing variegated colors and shapes of flowers, have lovely leaves. The leaves of begonias are painted in green, olive, burgundy, pink, sometimes with pearlescent dots and strokes.

Having planted a begonia once, you will not be able to refuse such decoration of a garden

In nature, the habitat of begonias is found in the tropics and subtropics of South and North America, Africa and Asia. In this climatic zone it is rather humid, therefore the varieties of garden begonias, planted to decorate the site, should be placed in a shady place, with ensuring regular and sufficient watering.

Begonias - perennials, usually develop in the form of vines, shrubs or subshrubs. Plant roots are often reduced to a tuber.

In garden landscape design, three types of begonias are usually used, represented by an abundance of varieties.

B. tubergybrida (tuberous B.)  - plant height is only 30 cm. Huge double and non-double flowers amaze with an abundance of colors. Flowers in tuberous begonias are dioecious: male and female can simultaneously bloom on the same plant.

Begonia root is a fleshy tuber. The genus is characterized by a long flowering, which begins in early summer and ends in autumn. The diameter of flowers is from 6 to 21 cm. Begonia flower forms are different, they resemble roses, lotuses, anemones, carnations.

Attention! Cultivation in the open ground of tuberous begonia has its own subtleties. The plant is required to provide greenhouse maintenance during the winter period, or to pre-grow begonias in greenhouse complexes before planting to a permanent place.

B. tubergybrida pendula  - a separate type of begonias with the ampelous growth form. Long bushy shoots are covered with colorful hats of flowers.

B. tubergybrida pendula

B. semperflorens (ever flowering)  - includes a huge number of varieties. The bushes are low plants, about 15 centimeters high. The leaves are small, oval, smooth, from green to brownish. Varieties of this begonia are widely used in landscape design for planting in parks and squares. Begonia blooms with “caps” of small flowers of white, pink or red color. Begonia garden: the cultivation of this plant is not difficult, even for beginners.

B. semperflorens

Planting begonias garden

Begonias garden: planting and care, - the plants are planted in a permanent place in the spring, with the onset of warm weather. Tuberous begonias are first grown in greenhouses, grown plants with flowers are often planted in flower beds. The ever flowering begonia is planted with the first flowers, which allows you to immediately get decorative flower beds. That is why the varieties of begonias ever flowering are widely used in landscape design.

Council For the cultivation of begonias requires a soil with acid reaction, rich in humus.

Begonia will decorate flower beds from spring to late autumn

It is not allowed to overflow plants, which may cause tuber rot. With a high level of groundwater, beds for begonias are arranged after the drainage has been completed. Planting begonias in the open field allows you to solve the problem of decorating hanging pots, flowerpots, flower beds, rabatok and lawns.

Plant Care

Plant care is reduced to ensure timely watering, which is reduced by the flowering of begonias.
  In the period of growth, begonias require several dressings.

The ever flowering begonia is usually used for landscaping as a letnik. The mother plants of varietal plants are stored in greenhouses for reproduction in a vegetative way. In winter, watering plants is reduced.

Begonias need regular feeding

Fertilizer and dressing begonias garden

Begonias spend a lot of power on flowering, so for the season you need to carry out several dressings.

  1. In spring, the plants are fed with a full complex fertilizer, which will help the plants to increase the green mass faster.
  2. During the budding of plants, phosphate and potash fertilizers, as well as trace elements, are applied.

Plant propagation

Growing new plants of tuberous begonias is possible when breeding with green cuttings, seeds or division of the tuber.


Diseases and pests

When growing begonias, the plant is often damaged by pests. Particularly relevant infection of plants when breeding begonias in the greenhouse. The main pests of culture are: greenhouse aphid; shield and false shield; ; thrips; nematodes.

Pest control measures are reduced to the treatment of planting systemic drugs, the dosage of which is specified by the manufacturer.

Diseases of begonias arise against the background of improper care, excessive watering, improperly selected land mixture: powdery mildew; gray rot; bacterial and ring spots.

The treatment is aimed at the destruction of the fungi that cause these diseases. Plants are treated with fungicides ("Fundazol", "Topaz"); Bordeaux mixture; a solution of copper sulphate.

Begonia garden: a combination with other plants

Garden begonias form beautiful combinations in plantings with lawn grasses, decorative leafy crops, curb leaves:

  • surfinia;
  • iberis;
  • lobularia.

Planting begonias with low shrubs, providing the plant some shade, also perfectly decorate the territory.

Begonia in landscape design

Garden begonia in landscape design

Photos of modern garden and park areas show that landscape architects from different countries make extensive use of garden begonias in the design of park compositions. Attention is drawn to the photo of landscape design with flowerpots planted with tuberous begonias. These vases look great on lawns and framed flower beds.
  The flower beds, on which garden begonias are planted, look great up to the most frost.

Varieties and types of begonias: photo