Begonia

Thanks! It's annual right? Can it take full sun?

The fibrous rooted begonia is a perennial, but would be grown as an annual in your climate. Full sun would probably be too much, morning sun would be good. This is the easiest of all begonias and gives the most bloom over a long season. Its ability to self clean the spent blooms is especially appreciated. Al

Can I start it from seed? What is the distance between each seed? Where can I get seeds? What is the exact variety of this begonia?

Probably no way to know the exact variety. Looks like a common fiberous begonia bedding plant. There are too many green leaved red ones to know which one that is. They are at every big box store and nursery in six packs in the spring.

I don't grow from seed so can't answer that question.

The six pack, how many sqft can it cover? This way, I'll be able to figure out how much to buy next time.

Thanks.

Also commonly referred to as Wax Begonias. The amount of ground each individual plant covers is dependent on how each individual plant grows for you. I've seen estimates of everything from 4 to 10 inches. With too much sun, the leaves can turn translucent and pretty ugly. Partial sun suits them fine and they don't mind being close together.

I'm going to play Ken here and say your posts often leave out details that could be useful - are you wanting to cover a big space as in the Old Victorian practice of carpet bedding? A patch here and there? Or a border? How much space - as in footage - are you wanting to devote to this plant?

Coverage might be trial and error as to the number of market packs you'd need. It's such a popular plant, Home Depot, Wal-mart, etc. carry racks and racks of them every year so not starting out with enough first time around is easy to remedy.

Yeah, I would like to use it as a border. I like around 2 ft wide and 10 ft long on different areas. Then probably match it with another ground cover, Alchemilla. Then maybe put maroon foliage shrubs behind them.