Hardy Begonia (Begonia grandis) in the Begonias Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9a
Plant Height:	12 to 24 inches
Plant Spread:	Forms clumps 12 to 24 inches
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Pink
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Tuber
Suitable Locations:	Houseplant
Uses:	Groundcover Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Division
Containers:	Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Monoecious

Common names

Hardy Begonia
Begonia

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Location: Chicago Botanical Gardens
Date: 2017-10-18

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Location: St Louis - Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 2023-08-05
A light breeze showing orangish glow of the reverse side of the l

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Location: Cincinnati, OH
Date: 2011-09-25

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Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland UK
Date: 2022-10-08
In the plant sales area

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Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.

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Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2017-09-06

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Uploaded by SL_gardener

Location: Opp, AL Z8b
Date: 2024-03-30
First leaf!

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Location: Opp, AL Z8b
Date: 2024-03-30
Another 1st leaf!

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Location: At home
Date: 2022-06-19
Early spring

Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: Southern Ontario 6b
Date: 2023-20-08
Begonia grandis

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Uploaded by henryr10

Location: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
Date: Summer
This row of hardy begonias reseeds and expands each year

Uploaded by Lakeside

Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2023-10-01

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Uploaded by RuuddeBlock

Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2023-10-01
Female flower; also this begonia is much whiter compared to last

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Uploaded by vic

Location: Salem Hard Plant Society Annual Fall Sale, Rickreal, Oregon
Date: Sep 15, 2012
New plant that pardalinum (Connie) bought at the sale.

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photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com

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Uploaded by Catmint20906

Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 29th October 2007
Fall colour is simply gorgeous!

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Uploaded by SL_gardener

Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2nd September 2011
Great plant!

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-09-10

Uploaded by greenthumb99

Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2015-08-20

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-24
very late to return - this photo taken in late May

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Location: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
Date: 2015-06-20
Hardy Begonia leaf detail

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Comments:

Posted by Bluespiral (Maryland - Zone 7b) on Nov 1, 2015 11:54 PM concerning plant:

I don't believe this plant has ever found a spot in my garden it didn't like - it would self-sow everywhere if I let it. But since it has an overall elegant appearance, blooms in dark, unwatered places at the end of summer, and was a favorite of Hiroshige and Kunisada woodblock prints during the Japanese Edo period (1603-1858), who could relegate it to the compost pile? And then there's always the "Free to Good Home" sign for the street...

(many thank-yous to Critterologist for giving me my first plant)

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Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 14, 2012 11:46 AM concerning plant:

The Hardy Begonia looks like a 2 ft. tall Angel Wing Begonia and has showy pink clusters of flowers in late summer and fall. Grow in good soil in shade. It spreads rapidly when happy by bulblets that fall off the stems. While the Hardy Begonia is fully hardy to at least zone 6b, it may need some protection from cold in the north.

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