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Tue, Feb 19, 13 at 15:06
| hi all! Can anyone tell me about these? I'm looking at them and mostly trying to decide if I really need both because they are so vastly different, or just one. I mainly like the idea of scent for B. odorata var. alba-- and the look of the other. Online what i checked out so far lists them as being similar heights and widths. Does one bloom more than the other? One better for indoor-outdoor use than the other? I don't have a greenhouse, so it will need to be something that enjoys (read tolerates well) indoor winters. Thanks! PS-- random aside-- is there a forum here where most begoniacs look for trades or is the exchange here more or less it? I noticed it was kind of dead. |
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- Posted by gree-knees 6a (My Page) on Wed, Feb 20, 13 at 23:21
| I have albo picta but not the odorata. It gets treated more like a succulent than a begonia and only goes out in summer. It branches, sends up basal canes and blooms prolifically from spring to fall and in winter when I can fit it under the grow lights. |
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| Thanks! does it get very big? |
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- Posted by gree-knees 6a (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 23:41
| It grows to around 2 feet but then tends to spread and to widen instead of getting much taller. I think it would be a great begonia for you but I'd love to have an odorata too. I get a lot of joy burying my nose in a fragrant bunch of flowers. Anita |
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| I know! I've seen varying reports on its actual fragrance though, which makes me more hesitant about it. Thanks for the information about the height and spread of albo-picta. That helps me while I am thinking about what to put where and how it would fit overall in the scheme of begonias :) |
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