I love the bright white flower on the dark bronze colored leaf, it really pops. They don’t need deadheading and bloom all season long. This variety forms a nice mound and would fill a small container perfectly. Double Up White Double up white has large white, double fluffy flowers.ĭouble up white has huge balls of fluffy double flowers on top of dark bronze waxy leaves. Great for mass planting in a bed, creating a formal border, or as a container plant. It’s low maintenance with long lasting blooms that don’t require much deadheading. This variety can handle periods of drought, and more sun, than a lot of the tuberous varieties.
#Wax begonia sun requirements series#
Bada Boom Pink Similar to the cocktail, this series also showcases these darker leaves.īada Boom Pink begonias feature a darker hue leaf (not as dark as the cocktail series), and prolific bright pink blossoms. It’s a great little flower to play with and create eye-catching combinations. Or try using it in a pot with various pink flowers and chartreuse foliage. Or near a real chartreuse leaf plant, like a wasabi coleus. I love the contrast of the dark leaves against the soft white flowers with yellow centers and a light blushing pink margin.Ĭocktail rum would look great planted as a mass next to or behind light pink flowers, such as rocket orchid snapdragons. They tolerate more sun than the green varieties. The entire Cocktail series of wax begonia has dark reddish maroon leaves. Cocktail Rum The cocktail wax begonias will all have these dark reddish leaves. The blooms last a long time so hardly any deadheading is required. They look great planted in borders and masses in garden beds. They are often sold at garden centers in six packs. These begonias can take sunny conditions as long as they are getting enough water. Olympia red begonias have prolific small red blossoms with yellow centers that sit on top of waxy green, oval shaped leaves. Olympia Red These flowers make great boarder plants due to their sun tolerance. Look for begonia semperflorens for wax varieties. There have also been some new introductions that put a modern twist on this garden staple. Let’s bring these sweet flowers back into our gardens. No wonder our parents and grandparents loved them so much.
On top of that wax begonias can take more sun than other varieties of begonias, and they don’t mind drying out a bit, making them an easy garden flower for a wide variety of conditions. They also look good as a filler plant in containers. They look great planted in large masses and borders in garden beds.
I think they have fallen out of vogue over the years, being thought of as old fashion.īut there is a reason they are planted year after year in gardens. They are lower lying annuals that have smaller flowers and thick waxy leaves. Let’s take a look at some of my absolute favorites! Fibrous/Waxįibrous, more commonly known as wax begonias, are the classic garden variety of begonia. Within each type of begonia there are many, many varieties. So to make things easier and more organized in this article, I have divided this list into 6 separate types of begonias: Wax, tuberous, rieger, rhizomatous, and finally hardy begonias. There is also a type of begonia which is a hybrid of fibrous and tuberous begonias that are known as rieger begonias. There are tuberous begonias that are a hanging variety, which as you will see are much different than the regular tuberous varieties. So within those 4 major groupings I’ve broken them down further into six sub groupings.
#Wax begonia sun requirements full#
Full disclosure, I am not a scientist or botanist! However I am a gardener and I can see different groups of plants that have different garden applications. Fibrous or wax, tuberous, rhizomatous, and hardy. Varieties These plants are easy to grow and can tolerate many different living conditions.īegonias are split into 4 major categories.
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