Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Anyone see a Begonia luxurians like this one??, 0 by Calif_Sue

Calif_Sue wrote:
I'm pretty sure that's the Acnistus australis Syn: Iochroma australis. Check it in the alphabetical listing in Annie's Annuals. Gets big.
http://anniesannuals.com/signs/list/parent_redirect.htm
By the way, her website is updated now, under the alphabetical she now has the thumbnail images and direct links to add things to your wish list.

So if one was interested in more than the rexies, canes and such, nothing around the Bay Area? What's the best mail order, reasonably priced and sized?
I NEED that luxurians! I do think I will see if I can get my friend from Monterey Bay Nursery to get me this one
http://www.montereybaynsy.com/B/begonia_carolinifolia1.jpg
B. carolinifolia , "about 2' tall, its long, sinister, pointed, serrated, claw like leaflets hang down to 10" for a wonderful tropical effect, though it is actually listed as root hardy to USDA zone 9/Sunset zone 8. It greatly resembles the larger, very magnificent B. luxurians except instead of being a tender shrub t grows as a stemless or prostrate perennial, bearing its huge leaves on long, robust upright petioles." Doesn't it just sound perfect?! Well, except that it says snails like it.

Oh man, it's just pouring cats and dogs here, I am so tired of this rain!



Iochroma australis, picture taken at Annie's