Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #115, 1 by ardesia

ardesia wrote:
I am wondering if there is something more going on here with the begonias. Perhaps it is the pH - too acid maybe? Potting mix is generally very basic. When I pot up hydrangeas they always have the prettiest pink blooms. Test results show my soil is neutral but maybe begonias are unusually sensitive to something in or missing from our soils. Even my hardy B. evansianas (?) are not as lush in the ground as they were in my previous home. It is interesting to note that Elaine, Martha and myself all have similar growing conditions with Live Oak canopies and sandy (although mine has marsh muck mixed in) soils.

Kay, I would have loved to beg that woman for her plant but she was not the approachable type.

Looks like we are going to get some rain today, I certainly hope so because it has been so dry, but I'll regret that statement when it brings the mosquitoes out just in time for Christmas. We always have a massive hatch a few days after rain. :-(

Forgive me ifI have already posted this, it is H. Susan's Sunset showing off in the house last week when I first brought her in. Now most of the leaves have turned yellow and fallen off. She is still blooming her head off but on naked stems now.