| Description | A Begonia used as an annual or grown indoors as a flowering plant. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (be-GON-yuh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | bright indirect, partial sun, will burn in full sun |
| Moisture | average, as an indoor plant water when the surface of the media becomes dry, will easily rot from over watering, prefers higher humidity |
| Soil & Site | organic, well drained |
| Growing Media | coarse well drained |
| Temperature | average house |
| Flowers | lots of delicate looking flowers with the texture of fine tissue paper or crepe paper, many different colors |
| Leaves | succulent stems and leaves |
| Roots | tuberous roots |
| Dimensions | varies |
| Maintenance | Plants go through a dormancy period. The on set of this is yellowing of leaves, plant slows. Water less frequent. Many people suggest knocking the plants out of the pots and storing the tubers clean and dry. I have had some luck with letting Rieger Begonias go through dormancy in their pot. A problem can be Powdery Mildew. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | The genus name "hiemalis" was coined by Karl Fotsch (1933) to classify all the hybrids from the Veitch Nursery (UK) plus others. |
| Misc Facts | This group is often classified in the Tuberous Begonia group. The species name "hiemalis"means winterly, referring to the time they bloom. |
| Notes & Reference | #117-Begonias (Mark Tebbitt), The American Begonia Society (www.begonia.org) |
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