There are two ways to generate begonia clones. The first is to simply pluck a leaf from a plant, making sure to include the ...

In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, ...

If you don't want the arrival of fall to bring an abrupt end to your beautiful garden display, you can always grow plants that will stay around a little longer. There are a number of fall-blooming ...

Few summer plants can match the exceptionally large spectacular blooms, resembling camellias, that are produced from late June to November by Tuberous Begonias. Whether in a container, window box, ...

Where shade is a problem in the home landscape, consider the tuberous begonias and the fancy-leaved caladiums. Both are unsurpassed for creating a visual impact with their radiant color in the most ...

We are thankfully at the point where "begonia" doesn't automatically mean bedding or tuberous varieties. And there's a good reason for that. Growers are trying to keep up with the demand for an ...

My Aunt Ruthie grew tuberous begonias for exhibition in a lath house in her backyard. I remember the wonder I felt as a child walking into that magical place filled with dazzling, jewel-toned flowers.

When I was in college, my mother, who spent the better part of 20 years trying to turn me into a gardener, gave me a potted shoot from her beefsteak begonia (Begonia ‘Erythrophylla’). It was a smart ...

In Victorian times, many women made wax flowers as a hobby. After melting white wax into sheets and adding pigment for color, they painstakingly separated flowers petal by petal, traced the shapes on ...