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Begonia puzzle!
Orchid Lady
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My Begonias are sat on my taking chair as I've been thinking about which variety is which......one pot is for borders/planters and the other should be a hanging variety. I have been waiting and hoping there would be some difference that would indicate which was which, but I can't see anything obvious, can anyone help?
Thanks
PS off out now so will reply/look at answers later 
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My uneducated guess is the left one would hang!
Is that our left Yarrow, as we look at the screen?
Anyone else have any ideas? Who was the Begonia expert again giving me advice originally?? I can't remember
Orchid Lady
Interesting you should ask this as I have been potting up 2 varieties myself that I overwintered as corms from last years plants.
I asked a plant experienced friend what she thought and she said she thought those with the lighter coloured leaves would probably give the paler shades of colour. Still an element of doubt
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Mine were colour matched variously in pots, troughs and hanging baskets last year and I was wasting a lot of potting up time agonising
about mismatching them this year. Then I thought let's just see how they turn out without worrying about colour - I decided the uncertainty is worth it for the surprise combinations I may not have thought of.
What I did do however was sort them by size so anything small wouldn't get swamped by the larger plants - still unscientific I know but I can learn from the results for next year. That all said, these photos might help if you happen to have the same variety of begonias as me.
Tumbling Apricot Shades
Tumbling Apricot Shades
Scents of Summer with one rogueTumbling Apricot Shades
Scents of Summer
Tumbling Apricot Shades
We could compare results later in the year and if we get it 'wrong' I bet I get it 'wronger 'than you!
I think I've come to the conclusion that I will just out them all in pots, some will grow bushy and some will hang down but never mind.
I didn't colour co-ordinate them really Birdy, I got 3 different colours in each type, the same 3 colours (which I think were yellow, red and white?).
Thank you and lovely Begonias by the way....once they've flowered I will label them when I store them
I agree with yarrow, OL.....the one on the left of the pic will be the trailer.
Thinner stems & smaller leaves.