Rex Begonia, Painted Begonia 'Escargot' (Begonia rex)

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Mar 26, 2004

Rex Begonia, Painted Begonia 'Escargot'
Begonia rex

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 27, 2004

I do not have this particualr one, but I sure love all of these. And this year they didnot even die back at all in the winter. Great seeing your 3 Happenstance!

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Mar 30, 2004

Hi Kell -

I have tried for 2 seasons to get this locally with no success. So I finally went online thinking it would be easy to find.....not so. I did find a supplier and although the plants were very small, they were in beautiful condition, expertly packed for shipping and have taken off like gangbusters.

Plants For Kids
http://www.plantsforkids.com/rexbegonias.html

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 31, 2004

Here is another site that has it as well as a few others. I think when I get back from back East Ii will have to treat myself to few more! LOL

http://www.logees.com/store/

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Happenstance Northern California, CA Apr 01, 2004

Thanks for the link Kell.....they have a really nice selection, might even be able to ID a couple of my unknowns from their pictures.

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PotEmUp Fremont, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 01, 2004

Logee's also does an excellent job of packaging and providing very healty (although small) plants. Watch for their sale later this year. http://davesgarden.com/t/386803/logee

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2pugdogs (Linda) Winfield, KS(Zone 6a) Jan 06, 2005

Here is my Begonia Escargot Rex that I got from:
http://www.plantsforkids.com/rexbegonias.html
about 3 months ago. It is really doing good in the plastic bag. MY QUESTION IS: do you think I would be safe to transplant it in a bigger pot and put it in my mini greenhouse, and leave it out of the plastic bag?

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2pugdogs (Linda) Winfield, KS(Zone 6a) Jan 06, 2005

Here is another picture (it's not to clear took the picture through the plastic bag)showing the new growth.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jan 06, 2005

I hadn't heard of Plants for Kids.com until I saw this thread, but I've added them to the Watchdog - I'm sure they'd appreciate feedback from those who have ordered from them: http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/3721/

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 08, 2005

Looks good to me 2pugdogs. I bought alot from HD this last year. I didn't baby them at all! And right now they are our in a terrible storm. LOL. They have died back though pretty much. But in spring they come back.

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