Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Greenhouse recommendation , 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
If I find a begonia I don't have at a local nursery I usually buy it (unless I think it is marked too high) despite no name or the wrong name. I can worry about the name later and if I can't find it, I will make up a name.

Mail order is another way to get plants you can't find locally but typically you pay more for a much smaller plant and you never know what condition it is in until you get it. Some of the mail order places have trouble with names too.

Kartuz has been shipping pretty quick the last 2 or 3 times I ordered from them. I quit ordering from PHOE since they were so slow and often subbed. PHOE is a great place to visit if you ever get to Miami. Maybe their mail order business has improved.

I potted down all my begonias in my large (18") pots a couple of days ago. I figured it was better to have them in individual 8 inch pots than moving big 18" pots into the garage. I still have one extra large begonia to pot down - Lotusland which is a monster.

One of my 18 inch pots had Encanto Bronze, Mrs. Hashimoto, maculata, and Morocco in it. Morocco is the only one that went into a 12 inch pot.