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On The Ledge

Episode 281, part 2: polkadot begonia

On The Ledge

Jane Perrone

Houseplants, Leisure, Gardening, Home & Garden, Plants

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Find out everything you need to know about the second of my top ten begonias for the average room - the gorgeously spotty polkadot begonia, Begonia maculata 'Wightii'.

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0:00.0

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0:51.5

stop, go back and listen because in in that initial episode, I explain the

0:57.0

concept. I'm not going to go over it again here. Other than to say that when I told my family,

1:02.0

I was doing a top 10, they could not believe that I wasn't giving them in a particular order.

1:08.0

They insisted that there had to be a number one, a number two in terms of my

1:12.6

absolute favourite. I am denying that, but perhaps you agree with them. Let me know what you think.

1:18.8

Today's begonia, though, is begonia maculata, whitey eye, the polka dot begonia. Now, this is, one of my favourite begonias and I love it so much

1:31.1

that I dedicated a whole chapter of my book, Legends of the Leaf, to this plant. So in part

1:38.4

two, I'm going to bring you potted highlights, if you will, of that chapter of the book. If you haven't come across my house

1:46.5

plant book, Legends of the Leaf, find out more information at Legends of the Leafbook.com,

1:51.9

and it's available in print, e-book and audiobook form. Cracking on. Begonia maculata,

1:59.3

whitey. Let's talk about it. do i love this plant well i just think

2:04.6

it's something about the combination of those beautiful spelt olive green leaves the silvery dots

2:13.5

that cover them and the tomato red undersides that is really rather beguiling. Where does this one

2:22.5

come from? Well, it's native to southeastern Brazil. This is a understory plant growing in forests

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