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After a frost, store these in their pots, keeping the soil barely moist. Or trim off the stems, dig up the bulbs, and wrap in peat moss, storing at temperatures around 40 to 50 degrees. These include:
Welcome cold weather with fuzzy blankets, nights spent by the fire and, of course, these beautiful winter quotes. Some people see the winter as bleak, but it’s really a season of rest and beauty ...
During this dormant period, the tubers can be stored in a cool, dry place. Begonias of the semperflorens group (or wax begonias) are frequently grown as bedding plants outdoors. Wax begonias are very attractive, they adapt well when brought inside the house for overwintering and can live up to 4-5 years. [5]
In all the years of gardening endeavors, many of us have found pleasure in growing indoor plants. People like me choose the toughies of the houseplant world − Sanseveria, philodendrons, bird ...
Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with two genera and about 2040 species [2] occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World. [3] All but one of the species are in the genus Begonia.
The plant is an upright growing, herbaceous perennial that has almost symmetrical succulent pale green to pale reddish brown leaves that are ovate, glabrous 4–8 cm long and 6 cm wide, with edged, glossy and toothed crenation. [5]
Begonia abbottii Urb.; Begonia abdullahpieei Kiew; Begonia aberrans Irmsch.; Begonia aborensis Dunn; Begonia acaulis Merr. & L.M.Perry; Begonia acclivis Coyle ...
The stems of Begonia boliviensis spring from a tuberous root-stock, and attain a height of between 12 inches (300 mm) and 18 inches (460 mm); the flowers, produced in pairs or threes on short stems in the angles of the obliquely lanceolate leaves, are bright orange/pink in colour, composed of four pointed segments.