Cane Begonia Flowers

Love Begonia blooms.

Me too. They bloom all year. Some grow too tall, so I keep them in pots. In the ground some can grow to more than 12 ft (4 m).

Yes, I used to have Cane Begonias that were enormous. Lost them all sadly from a combination of factors. They're now hard to find in the garden centres here, but I'll keep on looking.

The canes do die after a while, but constantly produce more.

I used to go to Antonelli Bros Begonia Garden nursery in famous Santa Cruz in central California. They had begonias that were almost 30 ft (10 m) tall. I never knew they could grow so tall. This is where I discovered Congo Impatiens back in the early 90’s. They had three varieties. They had a pink variety and a yellow variety, which I absolutely cannot find anywhere, not even on the internet.

You've prompted me to start looking for Cane Begonias and the Conga Impatiens online now.

Good luck 🍀😎

Lovely flowers, Andy! I've grown Begonias for years but never Cane Begonias.

Last year I got some 'Dragon Wings' Begonias & they grew very tall in 6" pots. So much so I cut them back 50% just before Christmas. They are now starting to flower again. But the curious thing with these Begonias is that they seem to need sunlight to colour up. The plants during the summer outside on the balcony were a very deep pink - almost red but in the kitchen, where they don't get direct sunlight, the flowers are just a wishy washy pale pink - almost white. :( Even the leaves lost their brilliant shiny green colour! :(

Balcony,

Thank you! Many varieties of cane begonias are very common here. They grow very fast and tall. They do need a lot of light, even full sun for part of the day to produce many flowers. Morning sun here is best! It gets hotter here, so all day sun will fade and burn the plants.

The sunlight that comes into our kitchen first has to pass through the double glazing & then through the horizontal blinds (or Venetian blinds as we call them here). Whenever the sun shines we get it in the kitchen from about 1pm till it sets. It can get so bright that it's almost impossible to be in the kitchen!

It sounds like it should have plenty of light.