On 26/10/15 09:58, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote


"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Picked up a plant at Hughenden Manor NT garden, obviously supplied by
the gardeners and unlabelled, and as I suspected it is Begonia
southerlandii. So far I haven't been able to find out much about this
plant and it's growing requirements so do any of you grow it or know of
it?
I've also noticed that in the axis of the leave stalks little bulbils
seem to have grown, can this plant be propagated from those as with
enough plants it would make the most superb hanging basket for a N
facing wall.



Obviously a bit late to be planting this outside but next spring if it
goes in the ground its a reliable spreader.


Thanks Charlie, I do have a spot that it might like in the garden so when
I've built up enough I'll give it a go. Very pretty little plant, jewel
like, in the same vein as Cyclamen hederafolium and coum. Do you have it
hanging down as it seems to like or just covering ground?
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK


I found it a bit invasive so it has been removed! I now grow another
Begonia, B evansii, which is more upright (although I notice it too is
starting to spread)

B. evansii seems hardy with me. I've grown it for several years in a
large tub and it has never suffered from frost. Recently I've put the
pot at the edge of a patio about 40cm above a border, and I've started
finding small plants coming up in the border!

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Jeff