Coming from a gardening family most of my plants originated with another family member. This begonia was my grandmother's and among the things that I inherited from her. Luckily this kind of Begonia is pretty easy to take care of since the last thing I would want to do is kill it. It also helps that it's gorgeous when it's happy:
Great Indoor Plant: Begonias
First of all, there are about a million different kinds of begonias. Some that are smaller and are normally seen in giant beds of flowers outside of corporate offices and some like the Rex Begonia that look like a throwback to prehistoric times.
The one I have is a 'cane' Begonia or sometimes called an Angel Wing Begonia. They've got dark green leaves with silver speckles and a red underside to the leaf. When this one blooms it has delicate light pink flowers. I love them as an indoor plant because as long as it gets light from the window it thrives. It's got to be one of the easiest Begonias to grow and you almost can't kill it. I give it some water every couple of days to make sure that the soil doesn't dry out too much, but i definitely don't keep it wet all the time.
The great thing about these Begonias is that you can start a new plant from cutting of a branch and sticking it in soil. So if you know someone with one of these, you can start a whole new plant from it. Does anyone else have one of these? Or something else that's been passed down from a family member or a friend?
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Nice plant, and awesome barstool.
view Shawn's profile
Ditto the plant and the barstool comment. Tell us where to get the barstool!
view caw261's profile
That is an very lovely (and loved) Begonia
view Lesley - London's profile
Ooooh I want one of those. I have a yellow begonia on my balcony, but I'm not sure which type.
i have a Christmas cactus that was my grandfathers. When I moved in last year, my friend gave me a ficus tree, an umbrella tree, and a dragon tree with some kind of ivy in the same pot.
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I have one of these, and I second the comment that it's hard to kill (which I appreciate). I got it as a house warming gift several years ago. We water it once a week, and it just keeps growing. I also read that it's good for improving indoor air quality.
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I inherited a pencil cactus from a friend. Took me a while to get used to it's shape but I love it now. And it's great for hanging ornaments year round.
Your begonia is lovely. Cheers to you & your grandma for showing it some love!
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i have begonias! i have some other kind, pink chablis and champagne... except the chablis was knocked over about umpteen times by my cats... it's a stump with one weeeee little leaf struggling to grow now, poor thing!
view indiasoup's profile
you probably could have guessed, but the barstool I also inherited! I have 3 of them.
view laure's profile
your begonia is gorgeous! do you happen to know what variety it is?
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