The multiflower begonia Multiflora Maxima is a species worth your attention. It his highly valued for its beautiful leaves and flowers. Compact form, vigorous growth, and lush, abundant flowering make this plant a popular addition to a flower bed or a pot on a balcony or terrace year after year. Double flowers and a thicket of heart-shaped, narrow leaves perfectly complement all kinds of compositions. One of the advantages of a begonia is, beyond doubt, a very long flowering period. Plants bloom profusely, successively releasing new shoots covered with buds. The advantage of the variety offered here is the size of the flowers. Magnificent, rose-shaped flowers adorn the plant from June to the end of September, which provides a long-lasting, intense colour accent to any garden or balcony.

Tuberous begonias can be grown for many seasons if they are protected from frost. Begonia growing season begins in late winter. If you plant bulbs in pots indoors in early spring, you can expect your plants to flower earlier. Transfer begonia seedlings grown that way to the garden mid-May. Begonias require a good quality, permeable soil that is rich in humus. Plants thrive in a soil with a neutral, or preferably, slightly acidic reaction. The optimal growing site should be sheltered and warm, yet not directly exposed to sunlight. At the end of the vegetation season, dig out tubers, clean and dry them, and then put in containers filled with sawdust or peat.

Each package contains two bulbs of the multi-flower begonia Multiflora Maxima. Packaging label contains basic plant facts and a quick growing guide.

• Variety: Multiflora Maxima - red
• Use: ornamental - garden, pots
• Growth form: compact
• Flower colour: red
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Foliage: dark green, thick, narrow
• Flower type: double
• Site: partial shade, warm, sheltered; good quality, permeable, humous soil with a neutral or slightly acidic reaction
• Bulbs: 2
• Flowering period: June to September
• Planting period: early spring (pots), May (garden)
• Wintering in the ground?: no