Houseplants or Outdoor Container plants, you're tending?

I have way to many plants mainly on my back verandah ….not only that I have a dozen or so fruit trees .
This a Begonia A shade spot only plant ,I’d like to know what it’s called cause I have a few spares to sell I think will fetch a good price on eBay but not even the top people in the begonia club can name it for me .
I have 20+ different variety’s of begonias on my big back verandah ,they need protection from the sun wind and rain
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RadishRose said:
I've grown both and agree they are wonderful shade plants! The coleus needs a lot of pinching.

Do you like the tuberose begonias? I've only had them one year in my garden.
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Thanks for reminding me how much , coleus benefits from pinching it! I haven't had one in some recent years.

I love all sorts of begonias, including the ones in the photos here in this thread, from @Kadee46 !
That fuzzy star-leafed one in her picture, was once one of my favorite types.

Current favorites are the taller ones, Dragon-Wing, and Copper-leaf Whopper,
as well as the short, common (and very inexpensive)
varieties often called wax begonias,
which still bring a smile to my face, when I watch them grow and flower so profusely.

All of the above, have done well for me, at times in the past, whether indoors or outdoors.

I like Angel-wing type of begonia, too.
 
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@Kadee46 grows one of my fav; the Rex Begonia. I can't!

Yes, the little wax begonias are very pretty. I once had a large-ish pot of them in the house.

There's a nursery here in CT called White Flower Farm. They grow tuberous begonias from England that are huge.
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"At Connecticut’s White Flower Farm, a very special offering of tuberous begonias exists – if you live anywhere in the North East – a visit may be worthwhile – for the Blackmore & Langdon strain from the famed UK nursery, is by far, superior to Dutch strains which we so often find at home centers in the spring."
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I visited the collection years ago. Walking into that greenhouse was breath taking.

https://growingwithplants.com/2016/08/the-lost-art-of-growing-tuberous/
 
My next door neighbour bought a plant in a pot. A handsome looking specimen it was back in march when he planted it in his garden, he gave me the empty pot.
Well his plant grew really fast, bigger and bigger until it was as high as his house roof.
His wife was in the garden hanging washing out, when this plant seemed to arch down, then it sucked her up into a huge flower with a mouth.
He came out looking for his missus, then the plant took a fancy to him as well, it swallowed him and then burped.
Overnight, that monster plant disappeared from the garden next door as though it had gone walkabouts.
I'm looking at the pot the plant was in, hold on a moment, there's a name on the pot, Trifidus or something like that. ;) :)
 
RadishRose said:
@Kadee46 grows one of my fav; the Rex Begonia. I can't!

Yes, the little wax begonias are very pretty. I once had a large-ish pot of them in the house.

There's a nursery here in CT called White Flower Farm. They grow tuberous begonias from England that are huge.
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That place must have been wonderful to visit!

I love those Rex begonia's as well. :)
 
We've got lots of potted flowers on the back deck, including Portulaca and Mandevilla. My favorite is this 5 ft. Gardenia I was fortunate enough to grow from a bouquet slip "soul" daughter brought me from her house a couple years ago. The delicate white blossoms are so fragrant this southern gem perfumes the whole area. Its blooming profusely!

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Liberty said:
We've got lots of potted flowers on the back deck, including Portulaca and Mandevilla. My favorite is this 5 ft. Gardenia
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I didn't know that Gardenia can be grown in a container. Yours looks great! I do remember how far, across an outdoor area, that one can smell the scent from those.

I also like that begonia full of blooms , in your photo as well. :)
 
This morning, six of my houseplants. I have three more not in the picture.

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The aloes were started by my father and my two African Violets were from his house when he died in 2012. One of the violets I actually started from the other plant. I am a bit sentimental about them. I have a Peace Plant that I got in 2008 when my mother-in-law passed away. My church had sent it to her so I took it from the her room that day. The Philodendrons I started from a leaf of a plant someone I worked with had on her work station at the last job I had. See.......all sentimental reasons to keep them going.
 
Kaila said:
@timoc
Have you ever considered moving house?
That plant might have caught sight of you, and despite that you hadn't appeared as tasty as the others, at the time, you never know what might happen in the future.....:unsure::oops:
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If I keep eating sprouts, then my farts will deter any Trifidus plants from coming near me. Thank you for caring though. :)
 
Those plants all look great, and very healthy, too, with your care, @katlupe ! :)
I love the stories about them, too. Very special. Thanks for sharing. :love:
 
Since we only just moved, I don’t have many house plants yet so I will show some of my outdoor hanging baskets and annual flower planters we have.

These baskets I purchased separately and lined them with coconut husks, then filled with young begonias. I made them myself since I had so many to fill . The ones in full sun are petunias; some are hanging baskets and some are in planters. All together I have 21 hanging baskets and 10 planters full of flowers. The bigger planters I purchased as is.

YES I got a ‘tad’ carried away but we have a wrap around veranda and I LOVE hanging baskets
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Those are wonderful plants and groupings,
and wonderful photo's too!
Thanks for showing us, @Keesha

I knew you haven't been there very long, so I wondered,
but I had imagined you might have already done something wonderful with plants, in your new place, and now, I see that you definitely did! :)
I am glad you've settled in!
 
I have a wandering jew, 3 devil's ivy, and a prayer plant. I have to remember to water them more often in the hot weather we will surely get in July and Aug.
 
Kaila said:
Those are wonderful plants and groupings,
and wonderful photo's too!
Thanks for showing us, @Keesha

I knew you haven't been there very long, so I wondered,
but I had imagined you might have already done something wonderful with plants, in your new place, and now, I see that you definitely did! :)
I am glad you've settled in!
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I couldn’t wait to get hanging baskets up. Thank you . 🙏 ☺️
 

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