This perennial is commonly grown as an annual and forms a round bushy habit with brittle waxy stems. It has bronze-red, crimson or yellow ovate leaves and the white pink or red flowers appear in a cluster from spring to autumn in warm climates.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Begonia x semperflorens- cultorumis a large group of cultivars and hybrids that originated in South America. They prefer a well drained, organic rich fertile moist soil in a sunny to semi shaded protected position and are frost and drought tender.

The Bedding Begonia is grown for its low growth habit and colourful flowers. It is mass planted for bedding displays or used as in edging plant in small and is also grown in containers. It establishes in one year but a short lived and commonly grown as an annual. There are many varieties available. ID 371

Begonia(beh-GON-ee-a) x semperflorens(sem-per-FLŐ-enz-kul-TOR-um)

"Begonia" commemorates French botanist Michael Begon; "semperflorens", Latin for "always flowering"; "cultorum", to cultivate.

Begoniaceae (be-gon-ee-AY-see-ee)