i finally found a nice plant for around the outside that lasts ALL spring and summer! i lost the ID tag and can't remember the name so i can buy them again next year after winter. can someone please tell me what these are?
need to know for next year
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Looks like a begonia. Does that sound familiar?
Thank You Lori!
Very nice of you to help.
Very nice of you to help.
Tuberous begonias can be saved from year to year .
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t...ChMI9fvlxM-FyAIVRr0aCh1o4wMQ&biw=1536&bih=728
Whilst the fibrous-rooted, tender perennial begonias are usually grown as annuals.
For good advice from Royal Horticultural Society. ..see link
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=815
Or learn how to grow more from leaf cuttings!
Masses of help on www.
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t...ChMI9fvlxM-FyAIVRr0aCh1o4wMQ&biw=1536&bih=728
Whilst the fibrous-rooted, tender perennial begonias are usually grown as annuals.
For good advice from Royal Horticultural Society. ..see link
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=815
Or learn how to grow more from leaf cuttings!
Masses of help on www.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=b...ChMI37v34c-FyAIVzAgaCh267QuR&biw=1536&bih=728
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Welcome to the forum @rita.dagardna! Begonias sure give a sustained colourful display 
The type of Begonia pictured is one of group of cultivars known as Wax Begonias (Begonia Semerflorens Cultorum Group). These are hybrids of Begonia cucullata and related species native to South America.
They are often sold as warm season, annual, bedding plants for part sun or shade.
However they are perennial, if protected from frost. They overwinter well as house plants in bright light situations, and are also hardy outdoors in areas with mild Winters, often surviving cold nights in USDA Zone 9 & 10a, if protected from direct frost.
They are often sold as warm season, annual, bedding plants for part sun or shade.
However they are perennial, if protected from frost. They overwinter well as house plants in bright light situations, and are also hardy outdoors in areas with mild Winters, often surviving cold nights in USDA Zone 9 & 10a, if protected from direct frost.
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Yes, its a begonia.
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I think they’re in the Big series from Benary. There’s a range of leaf and flower colors. I have one that’s 3 years old.
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Most likely the same place you got them this year, they will have next year. They usually are found at Home Depo, and Lowes.
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I NEED begonias for zone 8. Do tell.
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Most of the bedding varieties will work in the summer. Winter is a different story. Mine is in a hanging basket under my Grapefruit tree. They will take temps into the high 20s, but below that they turn into mush. The more overhead protection they have the less likely they are to mush.
And yes, you NEED begonias!!!
And yes, you NEED begonias!!!