Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Leaf rooting experiment, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Did you see the absolutely huge Maggie in the ground at PHOE? Now that was huge. Lotusland is my biggest leaf begonia with Challenger behind it. Selph's Mahogany is another very large leaf begonia. Maggie is not as big a leaf but gets to be a big plant in no time.

Caribbean King and Queen are two more huge growing begonias. My first year with these two grew beyond all expectations. Unfortunately I left them out too late and they got severe frost bite. Then I kept them in the garage for the next two winters and they kept getting smaller and smaller in the same 18 inch pots. I finally potted them down and it appears the King is making its way back but the Queen has a ways to go. Maybe this summer I can move them back up to huge pots so they can regain their glory.

Here is a picture of them at their height. Queen in front and King on the other side of the sidewalk. C. King is not quite as big as C. Queen but still impressive.