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Begonia Rex

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Begonia Rex 'Celebration'
Begonia Rex ‘Celebration’

Begonia Rex are regarded as one of the stars of the genus, large foliage, wonderful catered foliage and many varieties are available. Care is a little different to some of the other Begonia varieties.

Sometimes they regarded as ‘difficult to grow’ however if you follow our 5 tips you should find them fairly easy.

Good Drainage

  • Begonias like moist soil, however not wet soil, so use a potting mix that drains freely and use a pot with good sized drainage holes.
  • Do not allow the pots to sit directly in saucers of water.

Do Not Over Water

  • The trick with watering is to let the soil almost dry out between waterings and then water deeply.

Provide some humidity

Rex Begonia 'Escargot'
Rex Begonia ‘Escargot’
  • Worried about leaf drop, brown margins on the leaves, most likely its a lack of humidity. Begonias come form humid climates and do not like dry air.

Fertilise regularly

  • These are a hungry plant so they do like fertiliser. You can liquid feed once a month, using a full strength fertiliser that is reasonably high in nitrogen.

Good filtered light

  • The Rex type Begonias are an understory plant, so good filtered light is best. Hot sun can cause leaf burn.

Begonia Rex Varieties

  • Iron Cross – Actually Begonia masoniana, green foliage with rust markings that look like an iron cross.
  • Snow Queen – Bright Silver foliage
  • Red Robin – Metallic Red foliage
  • Escargot – Amazing spiral patterned foliage.
  • Celebration – Silver foliage with a strong red centre.

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