Begonias in the snow 28 October

Oh no.
It really is cold. :o(

Hope things are all thawed out for tomorrow

Have you had snow in your areas?

We had some this afternoon , it has turned very cold outside now The snow couldnt have come at a worse time for you ,I just hope all goes well tomorrow

We will have to see if we can straighten the bamboos and acers - they're all weighed down to the ground!

Just rain in East Anglia.
All the best for tomorrow.
When you are recovered, please tell us how it all turned out !

will you be able to save this begonia then?hope so we have had stong gales and hard frost in the midlands

The begonias won't be troubled by the frost - the corms weren't frozen. Last year I didn't manage to lift all the begonias that I has in the ground. This year they came into flower at the end of July - later than those I had cosseted, but very healthy. However, if the winter is severe it wouldn't be sensible to leave them in the open ground.

thanks for that advice i havent bin able to get a couple out of ground but i will b trying later on i dont do very well in cold weather same as the plants haha but i dont go slimey! haha

The Theory is that the stems and leaves feed the tuber as they go down, so it's ideal to let them go down themselves slowly without going slimy - rotten. But i know that some growers leave them in the ground until the 1st frost to speed them up at going down, but then bring them straight in. As with most things, everyone does things a little differently.