Help identifing plant found in garden

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  1. Michael Hazelden

    Michael Hazelden Guest

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    As title surgests I would like to know what this plant is, I bought a load from a garden centre last year and it flowered for a long time but dies as the weather turns and does not return, or so I thought as this one example has come back

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    Michael
     

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    gcc3663 Knackered Grandad trying to keep up with a 4yr old

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    Its a Begonia.
    They are treated as Annuals.
     
  3. Michael Hazelden

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    Thanks for that, any idea which species?
     
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    moyra A knackered Veteran Gardener

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    What we would term a bedding begonia.
     
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    Yes I agree it's a begonia, definitely worth having a go overwintering it. When it's time dig up the tuber (just after the first light frost) remove foliage and any soil on the tuber and overwinter the tubers in a tray or box in a dry frost-free place. We want to see a picture of it next year when it's flowering again! Good luck!
     
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      Hallo Michael,
      hope you like it here on Gardens Corner. Plenty of information and a lovely bunch of gardeners too,
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