I live in zone 9 and recently my wife bought a begonia that the salesperson
said was hardy enough to stay out all Winter. We do get the occasional
frost, and I'm very dubious about this claim. Any comments would be
welcome.

Thanks

John

Yes sweetpea, the Japanese Begonia grandis var. evansiana is completely cold
hardy to zone 6 and maybe a bit further north. It even has a tendency to
become weedy by producing many bulbils in the leaf axils.

http://www.google.com/search?svnum=1...ch&sa=N&tab=iw


"///Owen\\\" wrote in message
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I live in zone 9 and recently my wife bought a begonia that the salesperson
said was hardy enough to stay out all Winter. We do get the occasional
frost, and I'm very dubious about this claim. Any comments would be
welcome.

Thanks

John

"///Owen\\\" wrote in message
news:Ayu5f.227960$oW2.32410@pd7tw1no...
I live in zone 9 and recently my wife bought a begonia that the salesperson
said was hardy enough to stay out all Winter. We do get the occasional
frost, and I'm very dubious about this claim. Any comments would be
welcome.

Thanks

John

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/722/

alice

///Owen\\\ wrote:
I live in zone 9 and recently my wife bought a begonia that the
salesperson said was hardy enough to stay out all Winter. We do get
the occasional frost, and I'm very dubious about this claim. Any
comments would be welcome.

Thanks

John

Thanks for the replies - I've learned something about begonias and what a
great group this is

John