Comments on: Exotic plants just love this weather – especially the Begonias… http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/ A subtropical garden in a temperate climate that defies being in a city. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:49:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Will Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:49:14 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=693#comment-352 Denise – In zone 10 you should be able to grow just about anything, though I wonder if it’s almost too hot – what is your humidity like? I have a friend in Menlo Park in Northern California who grows B. Luxurians to perfection at around 8ft tall. Yes – Christopher Lloyd always had a few Begonias lurking in his tropical garden at Great Dixter. I was lucky enough to have his head gardener Fergus Garrett write the preface to my last book ‘The Encyclopaedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates – Timber Press. Denise – In zone 10 you should be able to grow just about anything, though I wonder if it’s almost too hot – what is your humidity like? I have a friend in Menlo Park in Northern California who grows B. Luxurians to perfection at around 8ft tall.

Yes – Christopher Lloyd always had a few Begonias lurking in his tropical garden at Great Dixter. I was lucky enough to have his head gardener Fergus Garrett write the preface to my last book ‘The Encyclopaedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climates – Timber Press.

]]> By: Denise http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Denise Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:42:03 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=693#comment-350 Wonderful post on this great genus. I'm just starting to grow a few here in frost-free zone 10 in So. Calif -- don't know why it's taken me so long. B. luxurians is a beauty -- mine's nowhere near your size! I remember C. Lloyd's comment that if he was only allowed one genus of plants, it would be begonias. Wonderful post on this great genus. I’m just starting to grow a few here in frost-free zone 10 in So. Calif — don’t know why it’s taken me so long. B. luxurians is a beauty — mine’s nowhere near your size! I remember C. Lloyd’s comment that if he was only allowed one genus of plants, it would be begonias.

]]> By: Will http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Will Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:08:18 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=693#comment-346 Chris – thank you very much. Good luck with your move and I look forward to looking after all your plants... PatioPatch – Thanks for your glowing comment. Yes, the last picture of the garden does look rather dream like... Chris – thank you very much. Good luck with your move and I look forward to looking after all your plants…

PatioPatch – Thanks for your glowing comment. Yes, the last picture of the garden does look rather dream like…

]]> By: PatioPatch http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/comment-page-1/#comment-341 PatioPatch Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30:28 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=693#comment-341 Your garden is such an exotic paradise that it is hard to believe you are in Norfolk. Thanks for all the info on your plants - am going to try and introduce more of these into my dry garden. That last stunning shot looks like a book cover suitable for 'Night of the Iguana' Laura Your garden is such an exotic paradise that it is hard to believe you are in Norfolk. Thanks for all the info on your plants – am going to try and introduce more of these into my dry garden. That last stunning shot looks like a book cover suitable for ‘Night of the Iguana’

Laura

]]> By: Chris http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/exotic-plants-just-love-this-weather-especially-the-begonias/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Chris Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:27:20 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=693#comment-340 Love the last photo looking down into the garden, beautiful light. Nice work Wilzers! Love the last photo looking down into the garden, beautiful light. Nice work Wilzers!

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