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Solenia® Apricot Rieger Begonia Begonia x hiemalis

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
12" 12"
Height: 8" - 12"
Spread: 8" - 12"
  • Details

    Features

    Have pot, WILL TRAVEL.

    Prolific, vibrant blossoms are produced on well-branched, mildew resistant plants all season due to daylength neutrality. As their consistently superior performance has been well-documented, Solenia is a great plant for your garden. The double flower have attractive ruffling to the petals and deadheading isn't necessary for continued bloom. They are sun and shade tolerant.

    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Deadheading Not Necessary

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    8 - 12 Inches
    Spacing: 
    8 - 12 Inches
    Spread: 
    8 - 12 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Orange
    Flower Shade: 
    Apricot Orange
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Try mixing these sun tolerant begonias with other medium vigor plants in hanging baskets, upright containers and in well-drained landscape soil.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    These begonias prefer moist but not wet, well-draining soil. These are not hardy, but the corms can be dug up, stored for the winter and replanted the next spring. Plants will perform best with limited overhead watering, early enough in the day to dry completely before nightfall. Unnecessarily wet foliage at night can promote disease issues. Otherwise, the plants are largely carefree. A controlled or slow-release plant food at planting will help them have peak performance.

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    • Grew these last year in Denver. An early June hail storm stripped the plants of leaves entirely but they survived and came back. At the end of the season they were still flowering like crazy so we dug them, potted them up and brought them inside. Where they flowered heavily ALL Winter! I'm completely sold! And the bloom colors are rich and complex. Really remarkable!

      Jill Fielder
      , California
      , United States
      , 3 years ago
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