Begonias - Begonia Flowers for Containers and the Garden

If you’ve picked up a six-pack of wax begonias at the supermarket to add to a flowering container on the front porch, you’ve barely begun to scratch the surface of the Begoniaceae family. Once you get a sampling of the more than 10,000 varieties under cultivation, your hunger to learn more about these easy-to-grow plants with succulent foliage might have you sending off for a subscription to the Begonian, the bi-monthly journal of the American Begonia Society. Here are just a few to whet your appetite.