I'm having a hard time telling if the begonia is a bedding begonia or a tuberous begonia.

If tuberous, a hot and sunny area is not advised. I don't know if I have ever seen them planted in the ground even here with frost-free winters. Tubers are usually removed and stored over winter to prevent rot.

What Nancy said but I think those are tuberous because I just bought one for a friend for a housewarming present and they don't like heat.

In the past even on my screen and porch with no direct sun they couldn't take the heat and humidity

I'm in the hot south (TN) and the begonias with the dark leaves take sun here. They are annuals here. I had no idea that vincas were impatiens!! I used to buy them almost yearly. I have been to the nurseries three times in the last two weeks and just realized I have not seen the flowering vinca. I did buy some vinca vine.

Dragon leaf begonia does well in heat, but don't think you would want it for a bed. They are taller and kind of drape a bit-look great in a pot or urn. And they would be probably be a lot more expensive than the vinca if you are doing a large bed. Are you just wanting a change?

Tubular begonias do not like a lot of direct sun! The small annual wax begonias will do decent in full sun; avoid the ones with bright green leaves if full sun several hours a day.

I have always called annual vinca periwinkles. Last year I filled two large planters with periwinkle (full sun) and they were beautiful. I also love to plant French Marigolds (dwarf) in full sun. Both require very little maintenance. This picture was taken in July; they stayed beautiful until frost. Occasionally I would randomly snip the tops back so they would not get too spindly.

Thank you, everyone. I will stick with the "sun impatiens." Her in NY and near my Pa home they are labeled vincas, which I know they are not. It must be a local nickname. I never heard them call periwinkles, now I know. Thank you again, everyone. I am so in need of some cheer I just wanted to plant some flowers, eventhough it really is too early in the season.

Sounds like a good decision. I bought a hanging begonia last year. It had large flowers and dropped petals continuously through the summer. I disliked it so much I didn't even try to keep it alive through the winter.

@hcbm there are SunPatiens, maybe you are thinking of those. Periwinkle is the ground cover form of vinca, and yes it has the periwinkle blue flower. I have never seen the periwinkle color flower on regular vinca. This has been quite confusing! LOL

I went to the nursery again yesterday. Today I have a couple more pots to plant and three hanging baskets, one of which is a cone shape. I think I am doing it with mixed plants. One basket will be white bacopa and the other will be white dipladenia with varigated vinca vine.

I still have a huge pot that I have not bought anything for. Yesterday I was reading a garden article in a magazine and one of the featured gardens had a climbing rose in a large pot/basket. I am thinking of doing that or possibly a mock orange bush. Either of these would be transferred (planted in the ground) as it gets larger.

April 15 is our "last frost day", according to the almanac, although it's a bit of a gamble. We will have "dogwood winter" later this week, although no freezing temps. So, we are thinking of planting our veggie plants this weekend, depending on the weather.

HBCM I think you need to get those begonias and a planter for them which could be placed in their ideal growing location. That's how I indulged my begonia love back in the day . . .