Bonfire™ begonia / Companion Plants

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Bonfire™ begonia

BONFIRE® begonia begins blooming late spring and continues right up to early frost. Almost a bloom machine. Requires good drainage and excels in pots, hanging baskets and areas where it does not get "wet feet"

Begonia Bonfire® and Bellfire™ are color performers in the garden. Interplant with Spring flowering bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, jonquils and bluebells to create a continuous colour parade from Spring to early frost.

The naturally mounding shape of Bonfire® is brilliant planted with the strong upright spears of the larger irises and the bold bursting profile of the Cordylines, particularly the red bronze foliage of Cordyline Festival Grass®. Spreading grey foliage is also a perfect background to allow your Bonfire® and Bellfire™ to star. Plant Lambs Ears or Snow In Summer to provide a silver grey carpet for your Bonfire® and Bellfire™.

To continue the theme, place some of the Wormwoods behind the Bonfire® and Bellfire™. They are available in various heights and their finely divided silver foliage will build a stunning border, especially if Canna Tropicanna®, with its vivid orange flowers and large red, pink, yellow and deep green foliage, is interplanted at the back of the border. For something different, plant Bonfire® in front of some of the luminous orange flowering roses available today. The flower colors will match and with a backing of deep green foliage such as box or conifers will brighten any corner or your garden.

 

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