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Author Message   Goswimmin  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2003 - 04:28 pm EST :    This spring in a trade I received a very tiny piece of a hardy begonia and put it into a very small pot. It quickly grew due to our plentiful rains and now is in the shade garden putting on a show. mary Mary Wenger Georgia zone7   Kniceone  My Weather Posted on Saturday, August 16, 2003 - 05:53 pm EST :    I really like that Mary. I've never seen begonia leaves so big! Sure looks healthy and beautiful. Jodi, ONT, Z4, Great White North   Vtskiers  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 09:05 am EST :    This plant is on my "must have" list. In the spring, one of the local nurseries allows early orders from their pick up only catalog. I had 3 of these on my order and not one came in :( So much for local sources. This winter I'll hunt it down from a mail order source. Sue Central Connecticut Zone 6a   Dbarron  Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 02:16 am EST :    Begonia grandis is a wonderful old pass-a-long plant. The plant makes bulbils in the leaf axils (like tiger lilies) (but isn't invasive for me). All you need are a few bulbils :) Btw, from growing it in Oklahoma, it doesn't (not surprising with those big leaves) like getting dry at all. Mine here have never done as well as plants back in Arkansas (100 miles farther east and much more humid/wet). Danny Oklahoma Zone 7a   Traceym  Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 02:08 am EST :    You can also propagate from cuttings as i have done with mine this year,don,t want to chance planting out babies yet though,will overwinter in cool gh and plant out in spring. Tracey UK Zone 8

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