Shop Stunning Tom Ment & Cane Begonia Plants - Perfect for Your Home or Garden
- Common name:
- Cane Begonia
- Category:
- Flowering Pot Plants, Indoor Plants, Groundcovers
- Family:
- Begoniaceae or Begonia family
- Light:
- Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Light Pink
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Grows best in cooler regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Old variety plants may be difficult to get
- Plant Description:
- Large angelwing begonia with waxy, oblique ovate leaves, dark olive green and blotched with silver, white pinkish white and rose. Plants form clusters of cane like stems and hence the name.
- Growing tips:
- - Fibrous rooted begonias take sunlight well. They require ample water.
- They do not like very hot weather.
- Full sunlight in the cool monsoon and winter season suits them fine.
- Good soil with lot of organic matter is required.
- A compost of equal parts of loam, leaf mould well decomposed manure and river sand is suitable.