Flower Power Garden Hour 19: Begonias – properties and growing/propagating techniques

Flower Power Garden Hour · Jul 6, 2018 · 53m

All things Begonia this week. Paul Tsamtsis (lifetime Begonia gardener & expert) & Mike Tentis (lifetime gardener with a more recent Begonia fetish) join Marlene to discuss one of her favorite undervalued flowers - Begonias. Both are active members of the Sacramento Begonia Society, a chapter of the American Begonia Society.

The gamete of topics are discussed:

Different forms (Rex, tuberous, rhizomatous, cane)

Preferred soil types

Propagation techniques (leaf cuttings, stem cuttings, "congfetti", mop head)

Light exposure

Fertilizer types (Osmocote, bone meal, max sea)

Pests/diseases…