Begonia semperflorens Gumdrop Coco White

The Begonia Gumdrop Coco White offers a contrasting flowering of pure white on very dark foliage. All its flowers resemble small double white roses. The plant forms a compact and rounded clump with glossy chocolate-coloured, ovate-shaped leaves. This plant is a prolific flowerer until the first frosts. This variety, whose faded flowers eliminate themselves, retains a very clean appearance, maintenance-free, with a highly branched habit. This annual plant is easily successful in pots, hanging baskets, or flower beds, in full sun to accentuate the foliage colour, or in partial shade.

The Begonia Gumdrop Coco White is a non-hardy herbaceous perennial plant, grown as an annual, belonging to the Begoniaceae family. It is a complex hybrid derived from several species native to South America: Chile, Mexico, and Brazil. This variety is part of a series of recent cultivars with a well-rounded and branched habit. It has tender but sturdy, fleshy stems covered with coriaceous, rounded leaves of beautiful bronze-chocolate colour, shiny, about 5 cm (2in) in length. This very bushy plant quickly reaches 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12in) in all directions. Appearing in April-May and lasting until the first frost, its abundant flowers are all double, as white as snow. They are gathered in numerous terminal clusters and bloom among extremely elegant foliage, which is even more colourful when the plant grows in the sun. This variety tolerates both partial shade and full sun, as well as heat waves, without hindering its flowering. It also shows good drought tolerance. Its sterile flowers naturally wither and fall, reducing maintenance to a minimum.

This Begonia Gumdrop Coco White is ideal for full sun, but it can also be placed in partial shade. It is used in flower beds, in vases, balcony planters, or large flowering pots. It pairs well with plants with light foliage and flowers, such as lobelias, annual Pennisetums, Bacopa, Bidens, as well as petunias. Sometimes overlooked, annual begonias can hide a fence, fill an empty area, or accompany a shrub that lacks colour. In a more exotic spirit, a colourful flower bed can be created by combining this Begonia with cannas or Hedychiums. Finally, it is good to know that there are hardy begonias, such as Begonia grandis.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost is definitively ruled out.