Trout Begonia

Good site Dave thanks.

 

Had a collection of 60 begonias in our palm house here in Weymouth some years ago. It was open to the public, I obtained most of them from the widow of a begonia collector. It was soul destroying when the nursery and nearly all of the plants were sold off. and I could only keep about 10 as the new (present)nursery is too small to have an excess of "extras". :(

 

kobakoba has it but postage �£10 !

 

Ah those dreaded carriage charges :( He does pack them extremely well and ensures they arrive quickly, but it still makes a single plant rather expensive. I've just put a few cuttings in to root and in this weather they should be growing away in no time. You can have one of those if you like.

 

Would LOVE one! Even if does nothing this year and I have to over winter it.

Thanks

 

Great - I'll P.M. you when it's ready. Shouldn't be more than a few weeks. This is a dire pic of the parent - it's in deep shade, which my digi can't handle, but those leaves are 18" across making it a serious foliage plant even if it never produced flowers. It has to cope with tree roots and when it's windy it gets ripped by the thorns of a neighbouring rattan palm. Regardless it looks superb - much better than in the pic.

Begonia luxurians

 

That is beautiful DaveP- as you say it doesn't need flowers. I haven't heard of it, must put it on my 'want' list too. Whats the plant on the left, that looks a good one too?

 

Can anyone identify this Begonia, please, which I bought yesterday. It has little pom pom flowers, about 3cm across and, as you can see, the nice bright green leaves.



I love that Begonia luxurians, DaveP. Have never seen such before. How tall is it?

 

Did you find this site, LOL, looks similar? Not a lot of information though!

http://www.michells.com/PackTrials2003/begoniagumdrop.htm

 

It certainly looks like the Apple Blossom, doesn't it, Liz? How cute, the Gum Drop Series! Many thanks - at least I have a name to check further. It's just so pretty!

 

Waco, you should be able to get Dragon Wing seed from T&M or somewhere next year, (obviously it's too late now). I grew 300 red and pink this year and had good germination and are easy to grow if you can maintain 10/12c min in a greenhouse during march/april.

 

Yes, it is rapidly becoming one of my favourite foliage plants. Its ability to grow well in deep shade makes it especially valuable to me. The plant on the left is a very good, rich orange-red form of Hedychium densiflorum. It has larger, broader and more sdense flower spikes than the more commonly seen 'Assam Orange'. The colour is better too and it has provided me with some extremely good offspring.

The Begonia is about 5ft. tall - up from just over 2ft. when planted out in early June. It is supposed to be slightly hardy and tolerant of very light frosts. It appears to be suckering from below soil level, so there's hope that it might be root hardy here. Fingers crossed, but I have cuttings in ATM and am not averse to having to replacing it each year.

 

Dave that is FANTASTIC! do you bring it in for the winter or is it there all the time. agree, it does not need to flower.

Thanks strongyloden - have you got your stuff from hot planco yet? I am still waiting for mine, I emailed them and they said they had been busy - not impressed so far, I live in hope.

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This will be its first winter in that spot and I'm somewhat doubtful about it coming through, but nothing ventured and all that. Normally I only keep plants that are 100% certain to survive our winters here, but I'll break that rule and re-plant if it fails.

 

Waco, yes I did, the palm was in the post as I emailed them. they apologised for the delay (busy)but I had it in 10 days from ordering. Hope you get yours soon.