Can you leave begonias in pots over winter

These Popular and Easy-to-Grow Flowers Come in Many Types

These attractive plants are invaluable as house plants, for the greenhouse, and for filling summer flower beds.

Some kinds are grown for their ornamental leaves, others for their flowers; some bloom in summer, others in winter, while a few flower more or less all the year round.

Types of tuberous begonias

Tuberous begonias propagation

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Caring for begonias in pots

Pictures of begonias in pots

Begonias are found wild chiefly in South and Central America, though many are native plants of India and other tropical and subtropical countries. They belong to the family Begoniaceae. The name Begonia commemorates a Frenchman, M.

Michel Begon.

Begonias can be grouped conveniently into three sections:

• Tuberous-rooted
• Fibrous-rooted
• Those valued for their ornamental leaves

Tuberous Begonias.

These have large underground tubers.

Tuberous begonia growth requirements

Modern varieties have evolved by crossbreeding between several South American wild types, and by further crossbreeding between those so raised. There are innumerable varieties with single, semidouble, or double flowers in almost every color except blue.

It is worthwhile selecting named varieties from a catalog

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