Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solenia Apricot begonia offers garden joy with the rarest color in the market. Years ago I had the opportunity to visit gardens in ...

With all the talk of downy mildew on impatiens, gardeners are searching for alternatives to brighten their shade gardens. Although nothing can really match the colorful show of Impatiens walleriana, ...

Dahlias are the darling of the vase and garden this time of year, and with so many new varieties, there are now dahlias for even the smallest balcony or patio. Dahlias crave the sunshine and deserve a ...

In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, ...

With over 1,800 species and hybrids, begonias are a staple plant in homes and gardens across the country. From the cane begonias with their delicate drooping blooms to the bold rex begonias with their ...

When you spend all your time in a book, you think you know it. All the editors at Merriam-Webster know Webster’s Third Edition, but now that we’re undertaking a revision of the beast, we’re ears-deep ...

HAVE YOU noticed a dazzling new orange fuchsia in nurseries lately? Turns out this enticing mound of flowers isn’t a fuchsia at all, but a Bolivian begonia, which isn’t even kin to the fuchsias it so ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The genus Begonia includes more than 1,300 species and countless hybrids which are broken into several classes according to their appearance and cultural requirements. However, many begonias are ...

Begonia species adapted to deep-shade conditions display blue leaf iridescence, a striking form of structural color originating from specialized chloroplasts in the epidermis. In the fading twilight ...

We think we know begonias: those round waxen blobs with white or pink icing sold in six-packs; the speckled thing your grandmother grew or the gaudy plumed ornaments that thrive along the coast. But ...

All right, begonia lovers, there’s a new kid on the block with the crazy name: ‘Funky Pink.’ Hybridized by Benary Seed and picked up by Proven Winners, it’s an interspecific cross between the begonia ...