For gardeners tired of plants rushing, fading, disappointing
Early spring brings a restlessness for us all. Beds look bare. Pots sit waiting. You want colour, yet last year’s choices are a faded memory. Some plants rushed ahead, then vanished. Others needed more fuss than you had wished. Begonia Apricot Shades offers the calmer answer.
These tubers wake slowly, almost graciously. Shoots rise once warmth arrives. Leaves open deep green and lush. Then beautiful flowers unfold in apricot, peach, and soft amber. No glare. No brashness. Simply, warming shades lingering in your hanging baskets and pots, long after the day cools into evening.
This offer is for EIGHT top size 5/6cm tubers of Begonia Apricot Shades. Retail price for these top-quality tubers normally £32.11 with postage, Your price WHILST STOCKS LAST is £18.50 with FREE delivery.
A few gardeners hesitate when they consider begonias. Too tender. Too showy. Too much trouble. These top-sized tubers from de Jager undo those concerns by their behaviour alone. Growth stays balanced. Stems hold firm. Blooms keep coming throughout the British summer, even when our skies turn grey and the wind chills .
Plant in hanging baskets, patio pots, or front borders where people naturally look. Morning light enhance the gentleness of the apricot hues. Evening light softens each petal further. Neighbours and visitors slow to glance.
Our large 5/6cm tubers arrive dormant, firm, ready to plant, full of stored energy. Delivery will be mid-March, keep cool indoors and choose when to plant after the frosts have gone. Water when soil turns dry. Feed lightly. Then step back.
By mid-summer, your patience is rewarded. Layers of petals, masses of double flowers, and spectacular displays until late autumn cools the air.
Choose de Jager’s Begonia Apricot Shades as large tubers now. Give summer a soothing tone and let these begonias do all the work whilst you enjoy the view… and the praise.
One tuber fills a pot. Two large tubers turn any corner into summer.
Begonia 'Apricot Shades' are such a popular choice for adding beautiful colour to your summer displays. Cascading double soft apricot and peach blooms that can reach up to 10 cm in diameter with mid-green, pointed leaves. Our begonias flower for months on end, from May until at least September.
Begonias thrive best in light soil which is rich in leaf-mould, in a position in part shade where the layered flowers shimmer as they catch the light. Start in March or April, preferably in a cold frame or greenhouse.
Fill pots, hanging baskets, window-boxes, unusual vintage containers and borders with apricot shades begonias for a show-stopping display. They can reach a flowering height of up to 30 cm.
de Jager's Begonia 'Apricot Shade' tubers are top quality, top size and really make a huge difference in terms of flowering.