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Top New Red, Orange, and Yellow Annuals for 2009

These new-for-2009 annuals offer bright, beautiful flowers on easy-care plants that will fill your garden with warm, summery colors.

Begonia Big Red with Green Leaf

 

Big Begonia Series

One of the most versatile flowers you can grow, the Big line of begonias thrives in both full sun and shade -- and they're more drought tolerant than they look.

Grow them for: Their bold presence in the landscape

Grow them with: Coleus in shade or dusty miller or licorice plant in sun

Name: Begonia Big series

Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and well-drained soil

Size: To 2 feet tall and wide

Source: Benary, www.benary.com

Note: The series features 'Big Red with Bronze Leaf', 'Big Red with Green Leaf', and 'Big Rose with Bronze Leaf'.



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