My Garden

For decades, centuries even, two kinds of begonias dominated our outdoor beds, borders and containers - the neat little varieties of the fibrous rooted B. semperflorens and the bolder, blowsier tuberous B. tuberhybrida varieties. Now, breeders are turning to the 1300 other species in search of good new... Read more..

Back in December I featured the Million Kisses begonias , one of a number of begonias in new styles for your outdoor beds and containers. Now here's another. ‘Ikon Blush White', bred by a British company, is the first of a new style of larger begonias for beds and containers. It has soft green... Read more..