How to plant begonia tubers video with Thompson & Morgan.
Click here to buy begonia tubers: tinyurl.com From February, start begonia tubers off in well-drained, moist compost in a warm, frost-free ...
Gardening:Brrr! How to 'wrap up' plants for winter
Once the old top growth has completely died back, it can be removed and the bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers can be stored in dry compost – storing in wet compost in their summer containers is a sure step towards death.
For those of you with passiflora, callistemon, palm trees and other warm temperate plants, either planted out or in containers, mulching the surface of the soil or compost with coarse bark can help to stop the roots from freezing and covering the top growth with several layers of fleece can greatly improve their chances of survival.
Traditionally these plants, including their containers, would have been wrapped in straw with a hessian sacking cover or would have been taken into an orangery, conservatory or cool glasshouse for the winter.
I am not a great lover of the idea of wrapping pots in bubble polythene as it sweats and this can freeze.
If you are one step ahead of the rest of us then you may have already taking cuttings of some of these plants as a ‘belt and braces’ approach to the problem.
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Begonia burgler mystery Another mystery: I bought (at great expense) three begonia tubers. Two are beginning to grow but the third pot remained barren. Finally I could stand it no |
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Loss of a favourite shovel is a relationship hard to replace Something else you might want to start on the windowsill this year is begonia tubers. I don't know why the popularity of this plant has waned over the years |
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All about begonias, a summer-long joy if you start now Q: I saved the tuberous begonia bulbs from last year, and they all look good - no rot or anything. When do I start them? A: Congratulations on saving your |
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Lions Club charity to sell Thompson & Morgan's Begonia 'Sweet Charity' Lions Club charity to sell Thompson & Morgan's Begonia 'Sweet Charity'T&M will dispatch the tubers direct to the customer together with growing instructions from the National Begonia Society. T&M Young Plants managing director |
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Re-pot the pelargoniums from last year, start off the begonia tubers by putting them in a plastic bag of damp compost in the airing cupboard for a week or
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