Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solenia Apricot begonia offers garden joy with the rarest color in the market. Years ago I had the opportunity to visit gardens in ...

With all the talk of downy mildew on impatiens, gardeners are searching for alternatives to brighten their shade gardens. Although nothing can really match the colorful show of Impatiens walleriana, ...

With over 1,800 species and hybrids, begonias are a staple plant in homes and gardens across the country. From the cane begonias with their delicate drooping blooms to the bold rex begonias with their ...

The genus Begonia includes more than 1,300 species and countless hybrids which are broken into several classes according to their appearance and cultural requirements. However, many begonias are ...

Begonia species adapted to deep-shade conditions display blue leaf iridescence, a striking form of structural color originating from specialized chloroplasts in the epidermis. In the fading twilight ...

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We think we know begonias: those round waxen blobs with white or pink icing sold in six-packs; the speckled thing your grandmother grew or the gaudy plumed ornaments that thrive along the coast. But ...

All right, begonia lovers, there’s a new kid on the block with the crazy name: ‘Funky Pink.’ Hybridized by Benary Seed and picked up by Proven Winners, it’s an interspecific cross between the begonia ...

HAVE YOU noticed a dazzling new orange fuchsia in nurseries lately? Turns out this enticing mound of flowers isn’t a fuchsia at all, but a Bolivian begonia, which isn’t even kin to the fuchsias it so ...

Iridescent blue leaves on some begonias aren’t just for show — they help the plants harvest energy in low light. The begonias’ chloroplasts, which use photosynthesis to convert light into fuel, have a ...