Product Description
Begonia Sahara will fill your summer garden with fabulous flowers and beautiful colours from May all the way through to November.
Sahara will produce clusters of small, delicate flowers in stunning shades of red, pink, and white colours that stand proud on top of attractive bronze and green foliage.
Begonias are very easy to grow and have good all-weather tolerance and impressive flowering habit making it a superb choice in your borders.
Supplied as a pack of 40 pro+ plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
What Is Supplied
Item 490232 supplied as:
40 x Pro Plugs
Plant Information
Top Tips
Dead head when flowers fade to encourage more flowers.
Care Guide
Planting Advice:
- Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
- Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.
- Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
- Plant straight into containers and grow on for a week or two before placing out.
- Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry.
- They don’t like to be left in standing water.
- Plant approx. 20cm apart to allow them room to grow.
- Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.
Aftercare Advice:
- Regular maintenance and watering are essential to grow fabulous containers that last the whole season.
- Check and water containers every day in summer, (unless the compost is wet).
- Aim to keep the compost moist but not soggy and avoid wetting the foliage and flowers.
- From March to June, apply a general-purpose liquid fertiliser once a week.
- Deadhead and trim your plants regularly to maintain shape and encourage new flowers.
- Do not allow plants to set seed.
Planting / Flowering Calendar
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Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
25cm
25cm