This begonia has bright green heart-shaped leaves and dangling clusters of delicately fragrant pink or white flowers. It is a late bloomer and provides color in midsummer to early autumn when spring flowers have mostly disappeared. It is quite useful planted in beds with spring bulbs since it doesn’t appear until after they have faded. You can observe this planting technique at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where hardy begonias have recently been placed among the spring ephemerals in Bluebell Wood. When the azure carpet of bluebells finishes its spring show, the begonias are just about ready to take over the display.
Zone 6-9

Dimensions:
Height: 1 ft. 6 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
Width: 1 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
Plant Type:
Herbaceous Perennial
Perennial
Habit/Form:
Clumping
Horizontal
Mounding
Spreading
Growth Rate:
Medium
Light:
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours