Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Brown: 'I find that growing them in pots allows you to water and feed the plants with greater effect, which results in them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. oopoontongoo / Getty Images Begonias are beautiful tropical plants perfect for growing in shade gardens or under a shady porch.

Keep these beauties cool, and they will show off their blooms all summer long.

Get a head start by planting your begonia tubers indoors now ...

I have had a wonderful time over the years propagating plants of various kinds. It gives me so much pleasure to take a leaf, a seed or a branch and watch it grow into a replica of the original plant.

Begonia transplants can be purchased at some garden centres in the spring, but the tubers are easy to start into growth at home. These plants were all grown from tubers acquired around five years ago.

The Orange Satellite is among over 350 different species of Begonias at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth. There are also over 750 hybrids at the gardens. Lawrence Jenkins / Special Contributor I ...

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Rex begonia, also known as painted-leaf or fancy-leaf begonia, showcases large variegated leaves with vibrant hues of green, red, silver, and purple. This plant can grow to ...

Begonias are not everyone's favourite flower. They can look like fleshy camellias with juicy tropical leaves. Bedded out in parks their big heads and little bodies are hard to love. You rarely find ...