With all the talk of downy mildew on impatiens, gardeners are searching for alternatives to brighten their shade gardens. Although nothing can really match the colorful show of Impatiens walleriana, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solenia Apricot begonia offers garden joy with the rarest color in the market. Years ago I had the opportunity to visit gardens in ...

Key Points Begonias may not bloom for a variety of reasons, often linked to some form of stress. Proper watering, light, and ...

HAVE YOU noticed a dazzling new orange fuchsia in nurseries lately? Turns out this enticing mound of flowers isn’t a fuchsia at all, but a Bolivian begonia, which isn’t even kin to the fuchsias it so ...

We think we know begonias: those round waxen blobs with white or pink icing sold in six-packs; the speckled thing your grandmother grew or the gaudy plumed ornaments that thrive along the coast. But ...

In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red begonias in garden. The begonia is a much-loved perennial to have in a backyard. Not only is it relatively low maintenance, ...

The year was 1956. I was 8 years old and my family was on vacation on the California coast. We were traveling up Highway 101 and came to the town of Capitola, near Santa Cruz. There along the side of ...

If you want a summer-long flower show, May is the time to kick your container garden into gear. These are the 13 annuals our ...

All right, begonia lovers, there’s a new kid on the block with the crazy name: ‘Funky Pink.’ Hybridized by Benary Seed and picked up by Proven Winners, it’s an interspecific cross between the begonia ...

The genus Begonia includes more than 1,300 species and countless hybrids which are broken into several classes according to their appearance and cultural requirements. However, many begonias are ...

Years ago I had the opportunity to visit gardens in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and scenic towns like Leavenworth, Washington. I was mesmerized by the hanging baskets and mixed ...