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Begonia Hula Red Seeds create a trailing display of vivid red flowers for hanging baskets, mixed containers and flower beds. This annual begonia is useful where fast-spreading, cascading colour is wanted.
Ready to grow begonias? Follow our step-by-step Begonia Grow Guide for sowing, germination and care advice.
Quick Grow Facts
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Plant Type: Frost-tender spreading interspecific begonia, usually grown as an annual
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Scientific Name: Begonia interspecific Hula™ F1
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Seed Form: Pelleted seed
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General Sowing Time: Under protection from late winter into spring; avoid frost and peak heat
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Position: Sun to shade after hardening; morning sun or bright shade in hot regions
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Sow Depth: Surface sow; do not cover
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Light for Germination: Required
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Germination Temperature: 22–25°C
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Germination: 7–10 days
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Pretreatment: None; place first, then wet the pellet thoroughly
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Spacing: 30–51 cm apart
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Height: 15–25 cm
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Spread: 51–69 cm
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Flower Outcome: Spreading, trailing colour; about 5–7 weeks from transplant professionally
Why Grow This Variety
- Vivid red flowers provide strong seasonal colour.
- Trailing growth is well suited to hanging baskets.
- Can spread through beds as a colourful ground-cover style planting.
- Use morning sun or bright shade in hot regions.
Garden Uses
Use Hula Red in hanging baskets, large mixed containers or flower beds where its spreading growth form can soften edges and create a broad red display.
Growing Notes
- Surface sow one pellet per clean cell on pre-moistened, fine, low-salt mix; do not cover.
- Use light at 22–25°C and keep moisture high until the first true leaf without waterlogging the tray.
- Pot on after true leaves form, then harden gradually before planting outside after frost.
- Space 30–51 cm apart for the 51–69 cm spread; use wider spacing and morning root-zone watering in humid areas.
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