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Novice - easy varieties to grow from seed?
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Posted by squirrelspur z7a NC (My Page) on Mon, Jan 15, 07 at 6:54
| Looking for suggestions for begonias that are easy to grow from seed and easy to grow as houseplants. Want to grow for my mother - she has some south facing windows in Michigan that get good sun. She's not a gardener type so easy care is a must (I'm trying to turn her into a gardener!). Any orange varities a plus as that was my dad's favorite color & she wants to grow that color in memory of him.
Thanks for any advice! |
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RE: Novice - easy varieties to grow from seed?
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hi there,
begonias propagate so readily from cuttings that it's probably only worth the trouble to grow them from seed if you're hybridizing or are trying to grow a species you can't obtain any other way.
that being said, begonia seeds are very, very fine (dust-like), and probably one of the easier species to grow from seed is B. subvillosa, which is covered in a brown fuzz but has rather plain white flowers.
for the color orange...'Orange Rubra' and 'Mandarin Orange' are two cane types that produce orange-y flowers.
other than those two, i can't think of too many orange begonias (except for the tuberous variety that don't do well as houseplants). are you sure you want to start your mom out on begonias? a goldfish plant is nice and easy and has orange flowers. -ming |
RE: Novice - easy varieties to grow from seed?
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| Thanks for the information, Ming. I'll check out the goldfish plant and the orange begonias you mentioned. |
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