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Fuchsia Patio Fairy Cherry
Supplied as 3/4cm Tubers More Info
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- Suitable for planting in sunny and partially shaded locations
- Suitable for growing in pots and containers
- Excellent for cut flowers
- Attracts Butterflies
- Summer flowering time
- Green foliage colour
- Mixed flowering colour
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Product Description
Large vibrant blooms with serrated edges stand upright on a bed of spades of foliage. Give your patios charm throughout summer with their red, pink, yellow, white and orange frilled blooms, also known as Fringed Begonias. These unusual Begonias are perfect for the gardener that likes to stand out from the crowd. Plant with other Begonias to achieve a varied and colourful display. Begonias are excellent value for money as their tubers can even be stored over winter and reused year after year. Keep indoors before planting outside when there is no risk of frost. Flowers June to October. Height 25cm. Top quality 3/4cm tubers supplied.
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Planting & Growing Instructions
Begonia tubers may be started into growth from February onwards. The easiest way is to put them into shallow boxes containing a mixture of loam, leaf mould and sand. Meanwhile, prepare the potting soil. Good top soil mixed with one-sixth part of manure should form the basis. To this prepared soil add leaf mould and it is often recommended that you add bonemeal to the compost. As soon as the shoots appear, you can pot them up in 15cm pots and place them in larger pots.
Begonias are particularly useful for bedding purposes and, if planted in beds which are enriched with well rotted or leaf mould will make a fine show. They should be started in shallow boxes in light soil; the saucer like tubers should be planted very shallow with the hollow side up. As soon as any danger of frost is passed then they can be transferred to their position in the garden at least 30cm apart. Begonias are great lovers of moisture and during dry weather they should be watered in the early morning or the evening.
