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Y IS FOR YELLOW BEGONIAS

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FOTD – October 8 – Yellow Begonias

I always have a favorite summer flower. It was usually fuchsia until it became so difficult to find good fuchsias and none of the local nurseries are open. There are probably nurseries in other towns, but I haven’t felt like making long drives in hope of finding flowers somewhere. This summer, the yellow begonia Owen bought for me has been my favorite summer flower. It looks like a pot full of huge yellow roses and it’s still blooming, though I think finally the cold nights are beginning to get to it.

The prime of the yellow begonias
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  1. Andrew Blair
    10/08/2022 • 06:16

    They grow very easily, here. It’s very hot here,though they are delicate
    Once established they get on very well.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      10/08/2022 • 12:38

      These were surprisingly hardy. Normally, they are delicate but these apparently really liked the hot sunny days. These were the most enthusiastic begonias I’ve ever had. Only now, with nearly freezing nights, are they beginning to die off. Begonias don’t survive winter — more’s the pity.

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  2. Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie
    10/08/2022 • 04:19

    I love the look of begonias, but fear my garden is too wild for their fragile delicateness… maybe I could grow them in a hanging basket?

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      10/08/2022 • 12:42

      They are. They are still blooming, but the weather is turning pretty cold at night. No frost yet, but soon, I think.

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      • Sadje
        10/08/2022 • 12:43

        They do look like roses 🌹

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        • Marilyn Armstrong
          10/08/2022 • 12:46

          They do. Or anyway, THESE do. Begonias come in a wild variety of shapes, so some of them look almost like fuchsia. These look like big roses. Others are smaller and sort of like dahlias. Begonias (like tulips) are very popular with people who experiment with cross breeding flowers to create new versions.

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          • Sadje
            10/08/2022 • 12:54

            I don’t think I’ve seen them in real life

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            • Marilyn Armstrong
              10/08/2022 • 12:57

              It’s hard to know what they carry. You have such a different climate though nurseries often carry plants that you don’t expect. Here, you only see begonias in spring. Any time after May is too late for them. They aren’t indoor plants and they die in the cold, so you have to give them a home in late spring (after the frosts are done) knowing they will die in the fall.

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              • Sadje
                10/08/2022 • 13:01

                I think our climate is not suitable for them. Or perhaps they are grown here but I haven’t seen them

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                • Marilyn Armstrong
                  10/08/2022 • 13:03

                  You’d probably need a special place to grow them. You can get almost any plant anywhere if you have the money, but they do best in hot, dry, sunny weather — which we had this year. If it’s too wet or too chilly or not sunny? They get straggly. They’re gorgeous when you buy them, but if the weather doesn’t cooperate they don’t look very good for very long.

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                • Sadje
                  10/08/2022 • 19:11

                  I’ll check the nurseries in Lahore for them. Thanks

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