by Weidners | Jan 23, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Rhizomatous begonias SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Begonias Rhizomatous GROWERS HINTS: ► One of the prettiest and easiest of the foliage begonias to grow. They are called Rhizomatous begonias because they grow from a modified stem called a rhizome Rhizomes creep...
by Weidners | Jan 23, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Rex Begonias SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Begonia Rex GROWER HINTS: ► Rex begonias like plenty of humidity but like other begonias, they don’t like to be over watered (see below). Setting the pot on a saucer filled with pebbles and water will help increase...
by Weidners | Jan 22, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► NonStop Tuberous Begonias SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Tuberous Begonias NonStop variety GROWERS HINTS: ► Here’s the difference between Non-stop and the regular giant tuberous begonias! Non-stops have more but smaller flowers and leaves. They are more heat...
by Weidners | Jan 22, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Begonia Dragon Wings SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► GROWERS HINTS: ► Dragon Wing is one of the best angel wing type begonias to come along in years. It’s a cane begonia and does not have a tuber or rhizomes as do other types of begonias. When cold weather...
by Weidners | Jan 22, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Begonia Sparkle, Bonfire, and Encanto SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Tuberous begonia x begonia boliviensis GROWERS HINTS: ► Pictures of Begonia Million Kisses, elegance is part of the Million Kisses group, Theer is Romance, Devotion, and Bon Bon al;ong with...
by Weidners | Jan 22, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Giant Snowflake SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Bacopa (sutera hybrid) GROWER HINTS: ► Call it Sutera, call it Bacopa, call it Snowflake™. No matter what, the pure white or blue flowers against the bright green foliage are charming. It is day-length neutral so it...