Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing)
Begonia
A vigorous, low-care bedding begonia with glossy leaves and flowers from planting until frost, one of the best choices for brightening shady beds, pots and hanging baskets. It shrugs off hot, humid summers. It's happiest in dappled shade with steady moisture, and a potted plant can come indoors for winter.
- Mature size
- 1.5 × 1.5 ft
- 0.4 × 0.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 2a–11a
- USDA
- Sun
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- May–Oct
Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing) at its mature size
A mature Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing) grows 14 to 18 inches tall and 15 to 18 inches wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Proven Winners.
Through the year
What Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing) looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Below ground · Nov–Apr
Not in the ground: planted after the last frost, pulled after the first.
In leaf · May–Oct
Glossy green wing-shaped leaves with drooping clusters of red flowers.
Growing Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing)
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Good for
- Shade garden
- Native to
- Brazil
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing), that’s about 1.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Begonia (Wax/Dragon Wing) in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.