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I just spent a lovely day visiting a couple of gardens down in west Cornwall. The National Garden Scheme people were putting on a do at one garden and we visited another while in the area. I just looked up the route on Google maps, 53 miles, going from well inside the east end of…
The American Begonia Society maintains a list of unidentified species of Begonias in cultivation, allocating each a number consisting of the letter U followed by three digits. The whole number should be italicized, turning Begonia U614 into Begonia U614. U614 was originally introduced to cultivation by the late Michael Wickenden, then proprietor of Cally Gardens…
Nine months on from my last posting on Begonias and it seems a good time to put some notes together by way of an update. My collection has come through another winter and has been added to both by plant purchases and with seed raised plants. Begonia pedatifida ‘Apalala’It is clear that this is a…
They're a funny group of plants, Begonias. In the UK, for most people what comes to mind when you mention Begonias is the bedding plant Begonia semperflorens and all the other brassy and brash bedding types, followed by the houseplants, typified by the rex tribe and their propensity for dying in short order. I already…
Only July and already I am writing about Begonias, stalwarts of my late or very late summer display. I continue to add more forms to my collection and such is the impact that some are already making that it seemed appropriate to write a few notes about them, even at the risk of having to…
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