General Discussion & Chat: ۞ Sweet Interruptions ۞165, 1 by Tallulah_B

Tallulah_B wrote:
Pegi - your Angel Wing Begonia - does it look like a Cane Begonia?

My grandmother, and then my dad, used to grow them, and that's what they were called (or Elephant Ear). Nowadays the GH's sell tiny leaved plants with tiny flowers, and try to tell me they're the same thing. Of course they're Not!

The ones I know have huge leaves (size of a man's open hand) with clusters of pretty pink flowers. They grow about 5' tall, and the canes have "knuckles" like canes.

I've got one from a DGer, and it's growing well. It's a tropical.

~Susan~