Begonia 'Apricot Fiery Shades' - New Improved

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Key Features

Scented / Fragrant

Perfect In Pots

Plant In Sunshine

Winter Hardy

Easy To Grow

Wildlife Friendly

Width: 60cm
Height: 120cm

One of the most popular spring bedding plants for garden flower power and weather resilience
Guaranteed performer in baskets and containers, come rain or shone, it keeps delivering
Tubers give you a head start over cuttings, for earlier blooms from May to October.
Plant indoors initially with shallow covering of compost, plant out when frosts have passed.
Supplied as 20 tubers. Once flowered, tubers can be lifted in Autumn and kept frost-free used again next year.

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Description

Year after Year, Begonia Apricot Fiery Shades features in our Top 3 best-selling bedding and basket plants. Why? It's undoubtedly the combination of fantastic performance in baskets and tubs whatever the summer weather, combined with the gorgeous blend of warm tones and shades that the mix produces.

This beautiful variety has flowers in wonderfully warm shades of yellow, gold, apricot, orange and ochre that will fill your hanging baskets and patio containers with colour from May until October! The blooms are incredibly weather proof, long lasting and plentiful, held on strong healthy plants with a gently trailing growing habit.

They look best simply on their own, as there is enough subtle colour variation not to look too overdone. One for the short-list for sure.

Top Tips

Smaller female flowers (single blooms with a seed pod attached) can be removed to encourage formation of larger male flowers.

Care Information

Begonia tubers will start into growth from February onwards. The easiest way is to put them into shallow tray with a good quality compost which has been moistened.
Plant the tubers with the domed side downwards and the hollow uppermost. Shoots will start to emerge depending on temperature. We recommend that you start them off in a warm room.
As soon as the shoots of the tubers are about 2cm (1in) long pot them up in 15cm (4in) pots. As soon as the roots reach the sides of the pot, they're ready to go into baskets. Alternatively, you can plant the tubers straight into baskets and tubs where they are to flower.
Grow on in full sun or partial shaded areas. The sunnier the site, the more vibrant the colours will be.
Feed once every two weeks with a high potassium feed while in flower, and deadhead regularly to encourage further flowers.
Water regularly during the summer - begonias thrive in moist soil.

Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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