| I stand corrected after a little more research. Your question was more complicated than I imagined. As many gardners here will tell you, most Dahlias don't work, but the good news is there are 3 that can...Dahlia merckii, Dahlia coccinea and Dahlia imperialis (for shade). This is from Scott Ogden ("Garden Bulbs for the South"). He also say no to all tuberous begonias EXCEPT Begonia grandis (evansiana). He does recommend RHIZOMATOUS begonias however; check out the link below to a site with tons of different kinds of these! It also shows Begonia grandis (evansiana). What is frustrating about gardening down here is that we hear about someone having success with something, like Dahlias, and we try the wrong kind (that do well up north). After they burn up by June we swear them all off not realizing that there are indeed some SPECIFIC kinds that will do well here. I'm going to look for those Dahlia's he mentions now...I had sworn them off forever after a fruitless experiment with the wrong kind many years ago. Glad I read your post! |
Here is a link that might be useful: all kinds of Begonias if you drop down
