Growing Begonia In My Garden

Today, I am posting about another Begonia plant which I have propagated through a stem cutting from a friend's garden.

Previously, I have posted on the 3 types of Begonia plants from my garden.

If you are interested to find out about them, do click here.

This Begonia plant can grow into a bush but I planted mine in a pot.

It grows upright and it can grow tall. To prevent it growing too tall, I will cut off the top to cause it to grow more branches.

Begonia are quite easy to grow.

It grows well in partial shade or with morning sun.

I used normal garden soil with good water drainage.

Over watering will cause root rot.

This Begonia plant has very attractive and beautiful foliage.

Its leaves are in deep dark green or deep maroon colour, with red veins.

The underside of the leaves is dark red.

The leaves of my Begonia plant grown in a pot is about 8 inches (20 cm) x 4.75 inches (12 cm)

On a closer look, there are very fine, short hairs on the leaf surface and it can also be felt.

 The succulent stem breaks easily.

 The thick stem is wine red with white spots.

The flowers are in sweet pink with yellow centre. 

My Begonia plant has just recently flowered and I noticed that the flowers were quite small.

The flowers are in small clusters and they looked like mini pink bells.

So far this plant is pest resistant.

I fertilize it once in 2 or 3 weeks.

The stems are upright and the leaves face upwards.

The Lord preserves the upright but ruins the plans of the wicked.
(Proverbs 22:12, TLB)

Garden Plants: Begonia Flowers

Wonderful Grace!

This flower plant belongs to the Begonia family. It is a succulent plant with

bright glossy leaves and the flowers are sweet sparkling pink with a yellow centre.

A few years back, my soul mate and I went on a short holiday in Cameron Highlands with some very close friends. We had a very relaxing time there, enjoying the cool, fresh air and good fellowship.

It is during one of our morning walks in Cameron Highlands that I saw these little pink flower plants growing along the roadside. I was so captivated by these little flowers that I wanted to get two or three plants for my garden. My friends told me that these will not survive in the lowland. I replied that there is no harm trying.

Upon reaching home, the first thing I did was to quickly plant them into a pot. The plants remained healthy and well, probably because of the cool, rainy weather at that time. But once the weather started to turn hot and humid, my lovely plants started to dry up and died.

Can you see the dried up seeds?

Surprisingly. these plants never fail to sprout by themselves during the rainy season. It must be due to the dried seeds that fell onto the ground, remaining there waiting for the next rainy season. From the three plants that I brought back from the highlands, now I am blessed with so many.

Looking at these lovely plants, a verse from the bible in John 12:24 came to my mind where it says that "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." How true it is.... if the seeds from the initial plants did not dry and fall to the ground (died), I will not be able to have so many of these plants in my garden today (manifold blessings).

See them neatly lined up along the pots of flowers?

The thing that amazes me is that, these plants will only sprout in a neat row, just in front of the row of flower pots. It seems like there is an invisible hand helping to beautify my garden. Is this coincidence?

To me it is "The wonderful grace of God!"

Bright Pink Begonia. Can easily grow from cuttings.

Pinkish White Begonia. Can easily grow from cuttings.