Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Angelwing ID Please?, 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Snowrose,

Logees usually sends very well grown plants. Yet, a lot of them seem to die over time. Not sure if it is a traumatic change or something in the soil or what. I've lost many over the years from there but have been able to keep some going as well. I will continue to buy from there as long as I cannot find it anywhere else. I wish they had a longer guarantee. Two weeks is not enough at times.

Here is an example:

I ordered B. 'San Miguel' 2 years ago and it grew like gangbusters and I gave away two offsets the first year. I divided it as well so I had two plants. Both succumbed after the first winter. I ordered another last fall and it had the largest leaves ever for a rootball in a 2.5 inch pot. I potted it up in a bigger pot and moved it outdoors. I watered it like any of my other begonias plus it received the same amount of rain. Three weeks later every leaf fell off. 'San Miguel' is more difficult to propagate than most probably due to its succulent nature, but I tried different methods on several leaves. Finally got two to root in an aquarium but after I removed the leaves from the tank after all winter with no new leaflets, they finally died. I ordered one more this past winter and stuck it in with some rootings of other begonias in my aluminum prop'ing trays full of Perlite and it has been doing okay for the last 6 months. Go figure.

My first 'San Miguel' two years ago. What a pity.