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Begonias
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The story of the Begonias in my baskets.

Begonia are easy too grow and they are spectacular with their brilliant flowers (red, in this instance) and dark waxy leaves. They can tolerate shaded light and full sun, although in extreme sun conditions, the
plants do show some signs of stress.

The seedlings were bought in May 2010 to set up a display for the Nambour Garden Show, which runs every year in July at Nambour, Queensland, of course.
They weren't that advanced by the time the Show came around,
but they did have some brilliant red flowers, as in
Image 1, taken June 29.
Image 2 was taken July 6.
Image 3, also taken July 6, shows the pansy and the portulaca.
Image 4 is a different angle. the photo was taken from the shaded side., it shows deep variations of colour in the leaves.
I was disappointed with the rate of growth of the portulaca, and I thought the pansies were slow to compared to the other plants grown for this exercise.

By the Spring Show in September, at Spring Hill, Brisbane, there were more flowers as shown.
Image 6 taken in August, just before the Spring Show.

The last image was taken in October 2010. After this it reached about 30cm in height, became straggly and untidy. So I started snipping pieces off to put into other baskets, as they can grow easily from cuttings. I was disappointed with the pansies and the portulaca, although at the time of writing this, December 2010, they were starting to come into their own. Maybe I'm just too impatient.
This series of baskets potted specifically for the Shows in 2010, and was very successful.
I would put it down to the feeding almost every week with Sea Sol and Scotts 20+20+20.

And I would like to say, that if I can grow hanging baskets like this, anyone can.
It only takes a few minutes watering every second day or so, more in summer of course,
and about an hour on the weekend to organise the fertilising.

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