Plant of the week: Begonia semperflorens

This plant isn't normally if bloom right now '“ it's a long-flowering bedding plant which is turned to mush by the first autumn frost.
Plant of the week: Begonia semperflorensPlant of the week: Begonia semperflorens
Plant of the week: Begonia semperflorens

But if you lifted a few before the temperature dropped, potted them up and brought them indoors, you should have been rewarded with plenty more blooms.

In fact, these delightful little plants can be kept flowering well into spring when they can be finally laid to rest in the compost bin.