In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, ...

Few summer plants can match the exceptionally large spectacular blooms, resembling camellias, that are produced from late June to November by Tuberous Begonias. Whether in a container, window box, ...

If you don't want the arrival of fall to bring an abrupt end to your beautiful garden display, you can always grow plants that will stay around a little longer. There are a number of fall-blooming ...

The year was 1956. I was 8 years old and my family was on vacation on the California coast. We were traveling up Highway 101 and came to the town of Capitola, near Santa Cruz. There along the side of ...

My Aunt Ruthie grew tuberous begonias for exhibition in a lath house in her backyard. I remember the wonder I felt as a child walking into that magical place filled with dazzling, jewel-toned flowers.

DENVER — Begonias don't normally spring to mind as great plants for Colorado gardens - but they are. There are many species and varieties of begonia that thrive in beds or containers. In general, they ...

In Victorian times, many women made wax flowers as a hobby. After melting white wax into sheets and adding pigment for color, they painstakingly separated flowers petal by petal, traced the shapes on ...

Stock -Matthiola incana is actually related to cabbage and broccoli, so it is a true biennial. For gardeners in Arkansas, we usually can find a few plants in late winter/ early spring to give us a ...