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Identify the plant
Keep the full nursery name. This guide is for flowering indoor begonias such as Elatior types.
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Flowering begonia care indoors
Begin with the variety. A flowering begonia sold for a room, a foliage begonia and a summer bedding begonia are different purchases.
By Ma Petite Fleur · Updated 4 October 2026
Yellow flowers of a flowering Elatior-type begonia.
Photo credit & licence
Photo: 阿橋 HQ. CC BY-SA 2.0. Original photograph on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP; any card crop uses the same licence. Educational illustration; plants and cultivars vary.
THE SHORT VERSION
Your care at a glance
Light and position
Good light protected from strong sunshine, with an airy position away from cold draughts.
Read the full adviceWatering
Check the compost first, use a draining pot and empty the cover; avoid persistently sodden roots.
Read the full adviceKnow which begonia you have
Indoor begonias include several groups, grown for flowers, leaves or both. The guidance here is for a flowering indoor plant such as an Elatior type. Keep the full nursery name instead of assuming every begonia has an identical watering or resting cycle.
Light and an airy position
Provide good light protected from strong direct sunshine. Keep the plant away from cold draughts and avoid a poorly ventilated enclosure. Place it where you can reach the compost without repeatedly bruising the flowers.
Drain after watering
Check the compost before watering; keep it from becoming persistently sodden. Use a container with drainage and empty collected water from the cover pot. Avoid soaking foliage and flowers. Feed as appropriate during active growth, following the instructions for your variety.
After the first display
Remove faded flowers and retain sound foliage. Some types have a more pronounced seasonal cycle than others, so consult the named variety’s care instructions before cutting it back or letting it become dormant. A flowering gift does not automatically need a much larger pot.
Choose for the room
Ask the seller whether the plant is intended for indoor care and what to expect after flowering. For a gift, check that the recipient has somewhere bright and can water the inner pot separately. At home, record the label and its position; those details make future care questions easier to answer.
Care references
Follow the instructions supplied with your plant or bouquet. A guide is not a live stock list.
WATCH & LEARN
See the care in practice
English-language videos from the named publisher. Press play to load YouTube’s privacy-enhanced player; the written guide and direct video links also work without the player. Covers load from YouTube. Privacy details.
VIDEO · Royal Horticultural Society
Houseplant basics with the RHS
General houseplant guidance to help you choose a position. Use this article for the particular plant’s watering and flowering needs.
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