RE: Begonia grandis
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Begonia grandis
- From: M* D*
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:05:32 -0400
I LOVE begonia grandis, but I can imagine not everyone would. It is quite
invasive, but very easy to pull out. I does best in full to part shade. It
doesn't sprout until May -- relatively late. By July it is annoying,
because the leaves (which I like) start to get large and shade everything
around them. But in August lots of tiny pink flowers hang down from the
leaves, giving kind of a fairy land look, and it gives a wonderful fresh
feel -- at a time when the garden can really use a lift.
I don't know how they would handle the heat of Texas.
Devon Miller
Chevy Chase, Maryland
-----Original Message-----
From: Mclainakag@aol.com [M*@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 8:01 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Begonia grandis
Devon -
Last week I won an action on ebay for Asian Ginger and when I received the
package he had included a bonus plant....it is Begonia grandis 'Wildwood
Pemier'...it is quite nice. The leaves are a nice grass green on top with
red veining and the undersides are red.
I have several of the Rex Begonias and a few of the Angel Wing Begonias
which
I am very please with. I had never even heard of the grandis until 3 days
ago and the next day, to my surprise, I received this one in the mail.
I guess the reason for this little story is how do you like it in your
garden. It is a keeper?
Happy Gardening
Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas Zone 9
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