Begonias

[dennyjim]

My Wife has asked me to plant some Apricot Begonias next year.
Should I wait and buy plugs next Spring or try them from seed?
P.S. I've never grown flowers
Thanks in advance
Jim

[DannyK]

There's also tubers! If you get plants going early you can bulk up by taking cuttings.

[Scarlet]

As she wants the apricot variety I think I would order the plugs online.
I have never grown them but my MIL always had begonias in her garden and they flowered profusely all through Summer right upto the first frosts.

[Scarlet]

T&M do tubers for an early Feb delivery....

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/be...ybrid/p87624TM

[Scarlet]

There's also tubers! If you get plants going early you can bulk up by taking cuttings.

Tubers should also give bigger / vigorous plants?

[dennyjim]

Thanks DannyK

[dennyjim]

LOL That's what she wants to do, but I love growing from seed if possible. It makes my day to see shoots coming through and growing

[dennyjim]

Thanks for the link Scarlet

[Scarlet]

LOL That's what she wants to do, but I love growing from seed if possible. It makes my day to see shoots coming through and growing

I also love growing from seed but I think they are tricky and need good lighting for an early flowering?
Some info here
https://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/pro...SABEgKz7PD_BwE

[DannyK]

For small pots try Sutherlandii. It has masses of small orangey flowers.

If you put it in a frost free greenhouse so it dies back naturally it'll form lots of nodules on stems, each of which will form a new plant next season.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/2049/B...ii-(T)/Details

[Bluenowhere]

I’d get tubers as they grow much bigger and if you dig them up and keep frost free in a garage/shed over winter in a net or paper bag you can grow them again each year.

[dennyjim]

Thanks Danny they look good

[dennyjim]

Again Thanks Scarlet

[rary]

What area is your garden in, you can grow trailing tuberus begonias from seed but I would recommend buying them from Jersey plants/Nurseries Direct (same company) they have various sizes to pick from, and having used them my self I would recommend them

[veggiechicken]

Just don't order a 1000