Hi Jim, Cuttings of this plant taken earlier in the season form little tubers in the fall. Next year you can star a small forest of them. Liz W Jim McKenney wrote: > Last year, too late to find one for sale, I heard through the grapevine > about Begonia boliviensis ‘Bonfire’. I was able to obtain one this year and > the short version of the story is WOW! Those of you who garden in areas > congenial to summer blooming tuberous begonias might not be too impressed > with this plant, but for those of us who garden under the sort of summer > conditions we experience here on the East Coast, this begonia is a welcome > addition to our summer garden flora. It bloomed here all summer and into the > fall without a break and grew vigorously the whole time. I’ve heard that > vigorous old plants produce annual growth several feet long! > > > > After the first light frosts the above ground parts of the plant began to > fall apart. > > > > At that point, I was unsure what to do. A bit of Googling provided the > answer. This species forms a corky, tuberous corm, and it’s a big one. I had > planted my plant into a tall narrow blue glazed ceramic container. This > highlighted the pendulous growth habit of ‘Bonfire’ handsomely. But now I > have a problem: I went to check how big the corm was the other day, and it’s > so big I can not pull it through the opening of the container it grows in. > The corm is easily the size of a lemon, maybe bigger. It will probably spend > the winter in the same container. > > > > I’ll bet this plant would survive the winter here outside in a very > protected place. > > > > Jim McKenney > > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone > 7 > > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >