Episode 281, part 10: Begonia 'Silver Jewel' plus begonia care tips
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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FInd out about the final begonia in my top ten as well as all you need to know to keep these plants alive this winter and beyond.
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| 1:48.1 | Hello and welcome. It's the final part of my bagonia top 10. I'm bringing you the final plant in the list plus my bignia care tips. So let's get cracking what is the plant. It's |
| 1:56.0 | begonia silver jewel. Now I do love a bit of silver colouration and this begonia has it in spades. |
| 2:04.6 | It's yet another rhizomatous begonia growing from that thickened underground stem. |
| 2:10.8 | And this one was hybridised in 1955 by Sue Zoug. |
| 2:17.4 | And its parents are begonia postulata and begonia imperialist. |
| 2:22.4 | Both the parents, postulata and imperialists, come from the Mexico and Central America |
| 2:28.5 | segment of the begonia genus. |
| 2:31.9 | Pustulata, that's telling us that the parent plant had postulate leaves, |
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