National Begonia Society

Grow lights, extend daylight hours and mimic nature, so that plants are 'fooled into growing when daylight summer length daylight hours are longest. Thus, the season can start earlier at any time of the year by extending day light hours. However, please remember, that warmth too, in the form of heat...

Hi Plant Girl, I grow my Rex/ Foliar Begonias, in Blackmore and Langdon, Bulrush compost. If you can't visit B & L; a good substitute, is Asda's own brand, that is made by Bullrush. Cuttings are easy to take in it too. They are grown on in 3,5 inch square pots in the compost, until a good root s...

Hi Mike, I'm so sorry that you've lost the majority of your tubers. I know that many experienced growers' have succumbed to losing tubers due to power cuts. A suggestion. Place a request on our N B S., page as you've done on here. Two requests on two N B S. sites may very well get a response. Look a...

As it is hammering down outside , at 2:30 P M., Friday, 23rd., December, 2022, I thought I'd scribe a few words, to mention a few things that we can do over the next few week in the glasshouse. I have quite a number of used plant labels in several ice-cream containers that need cleaning, in readines...

Overwintering Double Tuberous Begonias safely. By following the following tips, your tubers should overwinter without any problems, so long as the following steps are adhered to. This is particularly relevant, as I write this, on 12th., December, 2022, when temperatures across the U K., have reache...