Begonia Non Stop® Goldorange - Non Stop Orange, tuberous begonia

Begonia Nonstop® ‘Goldorange’ offers abundant and continuous flowering on a low, regular plant, perfect for pots and window boxes, but also for the front of slightly shaded borders. Its large double flowers in warm tones bloom all summer and until the first frosts. An easy and generous variety, for the garden or terrace.

A member of the Begoniaceae family, the 'Goldorange' cultivar is also sold under the name Begonia Nonstop® 'Orange'. It belongs to the horticultural group Tuberhybrida, that of tuberous begonias. The Nonstop® series is a Benary creation; it brings together compact, very floriferous and early plants in varied colours.
This plant forms a small, dense, well-branched clump during the season, 20 to 30 cm in height and 25 to 35 cm in spread. Its flattened, brown tuber emits several shoots in spring. The stems are fleshy, smooth, green, and brittle; the deciduous foliage features asymmetrical ovate to heart-shaped, 8 to 15 cm long, bright green, veined leaves, finely toothed at the edges. Flowering renews itself from June to October. The double male flowers are larger than the female flowers. They reach 7 to 8 cm in diameter and have numerous overlapping petals. In autumn, the foliage yellows and then disappears. This is when the tuber enters dormancy.

Begonia Nonstop® ‘Orange’ flowers better if it benefits from a few hours of morning sun. It grows without difficulty in a light, rich, but well-drained potting compost. It can be used in pots and planters, flower borders and beds during the fine season. You can associate this 'Goldorange' cultivar with white-flowering plants (Lobelia Anabel Snow White, Fuchsia 'White King'), or red ones (Impatiens de Nouvelle Guinée Divine Orange Bronze Leaf).

Introduced to Europe in the 19th century from Andean species (Bolivia, Peru), tuberous begonias have been the subject of extensive hybridisation programmes. The Nonstop® series is obtained from F1 hybrid seeds and provides very uniform plants.