tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post118673376390567670..comments2024-02-05T23:24:54.601-05:00Comments on DC Tropics: Hardy begonias: the next generationDC Tropicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-4649269560890321472016-03-11T14:54:05.118-05:002016-03-11T14:54:05.118-05:00Oteka was originated by my mother-in-law and named...Oteka was originated by my mother-in-law and named after my daughter. It's a beautiful begonia, and I hope you can have better success with it going forward.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636223623501669078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-45136054589965605112015-01-18T11:36:29.113-05:002015-01-18T11:36:29.113-05:00I have B. U475 well-mulched with a plant in the ab...I have B. U475 well-mulched with a plant in the above-freezing garage for insurance.Steve Silbersteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-67337926024625957992015-01-02T20:07:24.241-05:002015-01-02T20:07:24.241-05:00Of course I didn't mean that last sentence. I ...Of course I didn't mean that last sentence. I already have orders for Bulgarians planned. I also have trachycarpus takil (supposedly) seeds in ziplock baggie method. I now wish I had planted my 3 needle palms in Branch Brook Park due to this mild El niño winter. Its January 2 and its 40°f 8pm. They are calling for rain and 60°f in NYC/Newark on Sunday the 4th!Newark Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094233866312583382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-59723367172175814142014-12-14T20:16:37.912-05:002014-12-14T20:16:37.912-05:00Let's bookmark this page for next year when we...Let's bookmark this page for next year when we go begonia shopping.<br />RaySwimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928919593044289369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-38297531763048163562014-12-14T13:14:29.388-05:002014-12-14T13:14:29.388-05:00What ever happened to your Trachy Bulgarian? Im h...What ever happened to your Trachy Bulgarian? Im hoping to start a Rhapidophylum Histrix needle palm & so called Takils (community in the protected areas os Newark's microclimate as well as the north-southwest oriented Watchung hills of Newark. (South Mountain and Eagle Rock Reservations) The cliffs provide west wind protection-I hope. As for your Bulgaria I hope it didn't push a leaf and die like others you showed. Your silence is not a good sign.......If it dies in DC,Im not wasting time and money in New Jersey!Luis Arroyonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-4004220766266908772014-12-02T11:25:24.277-05:002014-12-02T11:25:24.277-05:00Ditto. I will save as reference. I may be growin...Ditto. I will save as reference. I may be growing Begonias indoors that I could have left in the ground. Will definitely try some of these -- there is nothing like their bold foliage and infinitely varied, beautifully patterned leaves to liven up a shade planting. Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/17309099511967998215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-66166039964650426242014-11-25T17:50:07.188-05:002014-11-25T17:50:07.188-05:00Great info John!
U508 is so far my top freeze res...Great info John! <br />U508 is so far my top freeze resistant variety. Thanks so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-49882147808309325202014-11-25T11:11:07.890-05:002014-11-25T11:11:07.890-05:00I do see a 'Little Brother Montgomery' in ...I do see a 'Little Brother Montgomery' in my future.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-75010936538223113582014-11-25T08:27:43.523-05:002014-11-25T08:27:43.523-05:00Why are they all Asian? Nearly all of mine are fr...Why are they all Asian? Nearly all of mine are from the Americas...but I'm more focused on drought tolerance. Although I do have a nice basket of Begonia elaeagnifolia that I'm somewhat nervous about. Picked it up last fall from Kartuz. I was pretty sure that it wasn't going to make it outside but I couldn't resist such a neat trailing species. Put it in a basket and kept it outside during winter...but in a bucket covered in plastic. Took it out this spring and it's done quite well. Now I'm seriously considering putting it back in the bucket! Heh. I should have established some "insurance" cuttings earlier. <br /><br />For a while now I've been sitting on a blog entry that would compare a map of the distribution of epiphytic orchids with a map of wind directions. I suppose it's somewhat obvious that the two are correlated. North Asia seems to have the largest/longest land corridor leading out of the tropics. Africa can't go any further south and the north has a giant desert "hazard". South America has winds blowing north out of the Antarctic and North America has a desert hazard on the west and an ocean hazard on the east. Begonias, being mainly disseminated by the wind, have somewhat the same issue as orchids. But with terrestrial species there's a greater chance of exceptional winds blowing seeds onto suitable substrates. <br /><br />Geography seems to work against the natural proliferation of hardy tropicals. I certainly would have arranged the continents differently...heh. Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-82132679582493416242014-11-25T05:39:26.114-05:002014-11-25T05:39:26.114-05:00Very impressive and informative post John, another...Very impressive and informative post John, another one that I bookmarked for reference! Hopefully some of these will eventually make it across the pond for us to try here :)Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.com