Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Aggghhh, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
LOL Alice! Do wax begonias hang down so much? I have seen some wax begonias in recent years that are just incredible! A business planting here that I pass frequently has the best huge clump of them I have ever seen. They must be 3 feet tall but seem very erect. Always a mass of color. Were you visiting Pirl and her incredible garden?

It is always miserable when you visit a nursery far from home and see something you want! A few years ago we were spending a week on the beach and I found a huge Agave Joe Hoak that was beautifully variegated. It was huge, and perfect and only $125. I had never seen one that size. Usually small ones go for a lot. Well no way would my husband be thrilled with such a purchase so I bought it and told them I would return the next week to pick it up. So the next week in sneak mode I traveled all the way back by myself and they loaded it into my station wagon, just barely fit. Well I got it home just before Tom arrived and I just could not get it out by myself into a wagon. I got caught red handed. LOL And poor guy struggled to get it in the back yard. It had lethal spines too, so awkward to move.

Speaking of PINK, last week I bought the best PINK begonia on eBay. I am in love.