Northeast Gardening: Indoor Blooms & things that get you through the winter #3, 0 by Noreaster

Noreaster wrote:
Here is Dark Mambo. It's a couple years old and I don't do anything except give it a little water now and then....I do keep the soil on the dry side. Guess I should fertilize it? I have another Begonia that is just barely hanging on...hoping it's just in that semi dormant state that you mentioned, Karen. It's right next to this one on the shelf. Another favorite Begonia of mine is Sinbad, but that one does not overwinter well as a houseplant for me...it lived, but I had lots of mildew on the leaves. I have a hard time finding anything other than the common bedding Begonias here, so I always get excited when I find an interesting one for sale at a nursery. I had a gorgeous one a few years ago that I didn't bring in for the winter, but tried to bring a cutting in instead....well, that didn't work, and I so regret losing that one. I haven't seen it anywhere since then. :(