Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Another Begonia ID needed, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Maybe they will make their way here. I have bought some nice cane begonias from HD this year - 8 inch pots of different canes for the amazingly low price of $3.97. You can't even touch a small 3 inch pot for that price via mail order.

I saw on CBS (I think) about a woman from Illinois who sells 1 million pumpkins a year to Wal-Mart and has seen her family farm grow from 15 acres to 5,000. It would seem that growers would want to get contracts with the big box stores to 1) make more money for themselves and 2) get the products out to the masses.

Here is B. 'Taurus' I got at a HD in LA when I was there in Sep. It had a lot of bad leaves from being too wet and being packed in a suitcase but it seems to have responded well. I think it was around 8 or 9 dollars.