Tuberous and wax begonias grace summer gardens as some of the most popular spring bedding and container plants available. If you grow a special begonia in your garden, you can keep it going for ten ...

Elatior begonia (Begonia x hiemalis) is a fast-growing flowering plant with fleshy, heart-shaped green foliage and blossoms that come in vibrant yellow, orange, red, pink, coral, and white colors.

Quite often at this time of the year we don’t have to emphasize planting semperfloren (wax) begonias because so many survive the winter. But this winter, the freezing temperatures were low enough and ...

Growing wax or fibrous-rooted begonias from seeds is more of a green-thumb challenge than starting your own vegetable plants, but it can prove a worthwhile wintertime project for those who use these ...

Question: I have noticed lots of attractive plantings of wax begonias. How well do they during the hot wet summer? Answer: All begonias like the hot moist weather of summer. They also do best in the ...

When you mention begonia many gardeners may conjure up an image of a wax leaf begonia or a dragon wing begonia but there are actually 1500 different species and many do well in our gardens. Wax leaf ...

Begonias brighten the summer garden and they can do the same indoors on a sunny windowsill this winter if you give them half a chance. The trick is to rescue some of the better performers before frost ...

Growing flowering annuals indoors adds vibrant colour and energy to any room. While many annuals are traditionally outdoor plants, a number of them thrive in pots placed on sunny windowsills or under ...