Late February/early March is the time to purchase and pot-up tuberous begonias. We offer super-jumbo sized tubers of the very famous ‘ American Hybrid’ strains .
These are better than the much more common (and way smaller) Belgian tubers sold almost everywhere else. The American Hybrid strains have enormous flowers of perfect form.
I like to grow them in wide, low clay pots. They appreciate morning (but not afternoon) sun once placed outside in late May. A Northern exposure is fine.
By starting your tubers now, indoors, the plants will have a headstart and begin flowering in June. I have found it beneficial to fertilize very often- once a week is fine – with a water soluble
fertilizer like 20-20-20 or 15-30-15 in my watering can. I save my tubers from year to year , by dryingthem out in late September/October and storing them cool, dark and dry in a heated basement.
It is around this time of year that I replant them and start the show again.












