Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Care of Begonia Fireflush with heat/sun stress, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
I find it best to leave this indoors in a terrarium at least to begin with. I've had mine over a year now in the basement. It is in a clear plastic salad bowl with no drainage holes and planted in a very fast draining medium. It pushed the top off (a deep cake plastic dome) and I propped the lid up with bamboo skewers. I took the lid off a couple of weeks ago and it is holding its own but I'm concerned about mildew now. I'm doing the same thing with several other fussy begonias - sizemorea, u308, variegata, rajah, and 'Midnight Sun' to name a few.

B. sizemorea surprised me with some blooms this week and they have a light fragrance.