Parsippany, NJ (Zone 6a) | February 2018 | positive
This is really a sweet little plant, small, easy, and pretty. It wakes up a bit late in the spring, but then grows well with a low, casca...Read Moreding form and puts out its pretty orange blooms for the rest of the summer. It sets seed freely (outdoors, at least) and also creates bulbils at the leaf nodes which can be planted back in the same plant or shared with gardening friends. I am zone 7/6, so it comes in for the winter. I let it go dormant in the pot and it overwinters with minimal care. This is a plant that deserves to be much more widely grown.
This begonia has a very graceful cascading habit. It is easy to propagate from the little bulbils it forms along the stems. And as a pl...Read Moreus for the northern gardener you can just let the pot and all go totally dry and the plant will come back in the spring when you begin watering it again.
I purchase two plants with no expectations they'd winter over.
Three years later I can say that one did exceptionally well, and th...Read Moree other became a soil amendment. The one that survived is under a Douglas Fir, in shade with dappled light, with some protection (rocks and other plants). The one that died was in poor soil, and not as protected from the elements. It make a nice addition to the shade garden.
I purchased this plant more than five years ago and in the fall, when its leaves began to turn yellow, I cut them off and put the pot in ...Read Moremy garage, promptly forgetting about it. The next spring when I was cleaning out the garage I noticed signs of growth in the pot so I took it outside, watered it, and it sprang back to life. I have been doing this every year (now fertilizing it when I bring it out) with excellent results. It is a beautiful addition to my shade garden in a hanging basket.
Edgewood, Washington
I purchased this plant in a 2 inch pot about 5 years ago from Heronwood Nursery. It is still performing. It...Read More has been a great surprise that it keeps coming back year after year. I have one that I keep in the greenhouse as insurance, but those in the ground are still coming up every year and blooming in the raised bed in a protected corner. The plant is slow in showing signs of life in the Spring, but does return. Small leaves and wonderfull orange blossoms, is best as a hanging plant or cascading over a rock wall. It grows from a small tuberous root. Propagate by divison or the small new bulblets it produces on the stems.
North Vancouver, BC (Zone 8a) | October 2001 | neutral
This is one beautiful plant. Three yrs ago, I happened upon it at a nursery in the Valley, here in British Columbia. I tried to get it ...Read Morethen, but the nursery has since shut down. I have a package of seeds which I found in New Zealand.
This is really a sweet little plant, small, easy, and pretty. It wakes up a bit late in the spring, but then grows well with a low, casca...Read More
This begonia has a very graceful cascading habit. It is easy to propagate from the little bulbils it forms along the stems. And as a pl...Read More
Hardier than listed here, it can actually survive my 9a zone with 17º winter temps. Prefers cooler temps and will pout in too much heat.
I purchase two plants with no expectations they'd winter over.
Three years later I can say that one did exceptionally well, and th...Read More
I purchased this plant more than five years ago and in the fall, when its leaves began to turn yellow, I cut them off and put the pot in ...Read More
Edgewood, Washington
I purchased this plant in a 2 inch pot about 5 years ago from Heronwood Nursery. It is still performing. It...Read More
This is one beautiful plant. Three yrs ago, I happened upon it at a nursery in the Valley, here in British Columbia. I tried to get it ...Read More
A small tuberous begonia from South Africa.
Has light green, toothed, typically begonia shaped leaves with red veins. Bear...Read More