Rex Begonia Propagation Day

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Only the second year doing this but the first year was a success. I have to do this or lose some of them since I can't find them anywhere anymore. It helps get me through the winter - something to attend to gardening related. #gardening #gardentips

[@hanigupta2010]

Love your begonias. I haven’t seen these varieties anywhere in NoVA.

[@NOVAGardening]

No, not yet anyway. At Merrifield you can get the Jurassic series. I think they chose to market those as most of them tolerate outside fairly well. They are pretty tough and people won't be disappointed with the results. I had four of those on the other side of the house that did very well.

[@Олег_Морозов]

Какие красивые бегонии!

[@1safeplanet785]

Beautiful Rex Begonias, I keep my indoors under lights and have recently started propagating them by leaf cuttings. Have you tried collecting seeds from yours and growing them. You might get some interesting cross pollination. I am thinking of cross pollinating mine by hand and collecting the seeds to see what grows. Keep up the great videos. I really enjoy them.

[@NOVAGardening]

Thanks very much. I haven't tried the cross pollinating and yes it could get you some really colorful results.

[@ReyesVero7]

Hi, blessings to you and family. Those Rex begonias are beautiful 😍. It’s so hard to finds those, so far I have 2, please send me some

[@NOVAGardening]

😀Thanks - there's plenty of places on line. If you want to grow them exclusively indoors there are more choices. It's taken me years to find ones that grow well outside. Garden centers near me now carry the Jurassic line - those all seem to do well outside - I had 4 last year but that was the other side of the house not what I showed in this video. They aren't quite as striking as these, but still look good.

[@MysiaJadwisia]

You are throwing away parts where the petiole is connected to the leaf? I've read that it's the best part for propagation; it has highest succes rate.

[@NOVAGardening]

I've tried a number of different ways and have had them all come up no problem - didn't see any particular advantage either way out of about 50 or so examples.

[@sarasplantadventures]

Wow! Where do you live? I’m in Houston, TX and I would like to plant some rexes in my shaded flower bed but have been afraid since it gets so hot.

[@NOVAGardening]

Here in Northern Virginia we usually get at least 45 days in the 90's. That first bed gets early morning sun until about 11 AM.

[@vangu2918]

What is the name of the first Rex Begonia?

[@NOVAGardening]

I didn't really know but it has now showed up again where I bought it before. Mazatlan Blush they call it.