The trailing types of Begonia are grown mostly as basket plants, so that their trailing habit will keep their flowers at eye-level. Some put on a spectacular show of flowers, usually in the spring. This is probably the least hybridized group of begonias. Most trailing-scandent collections are of species, but some of the hybrids are extremely nice plants!
Many of the newer varieties have a longer blooming period or are ever-blooming. Some have glossy leaves and look like a philodendron. Others grow large leaves and will climb up a totem pole or trellis. In their native habitat, these types will climb up the trunks of trees. Most of the trailing types have white or pink flowers.
Articles About Trailing-Scandent Begonias
Trailing-Scandent Begonias: Grow Up or Down
Trailing-scandent begonias grow vine-like, usually with many branches, and lend themselves...
Trailing-Scandent Begonias
This group of begonias is small, consisting of about 35 species and 35 cultivars to date. The name...
My Favorite Trailing Scandent Begonia
Back in the fall of 1999, I was introduced to Begonia U002 not knowing that it had already been...
Hanging Around with the Trailing Scandents
Did you ever go to a nursery and ask for a trailing-scandent plant and get a blank look in return?...
Easy to grow: Fragrant B. solananthera
Grown as easily as philodendron or ivy, B. solananthera is one of my favorite begonias. In late...
Begonia solananthera A. DC.
Begonia solananthera was discovered in the Organ Mountains of Brazil. This species was originally...
Begonia glabra in the Amazon
In the previous issue we published two articles where growers from the Northern Hemisphere gave...