Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Hoya Carnosa & Begonia Dragon's Blood Blooming December 15, 2009

[caption id="attachment_544" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Hoya carnosa 'Variegata'"]Hoya carnosa 'Variegata'[/caption]

Notice the white "flower" which is actually the variegated leaves.  This hoya, or wax plant enjoys bright indirect light.  The leaves are thick. "Carnosa" means meaty or thick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Begonia Dragon's Blood
Begonia Dragon's Blood
Many years ago I started this begonia by seed.  It blooms all winter long in my west window.  Notice the snow covered garden in the background.  Late winter, I will take cuttings and root them in water and place them in a garden window box. The window box is under the arch that you see in my blogs header picture above.

5 comments:

  1. Hi Gloria,

    I love your Begonia. It's color really stands out with snow in the background. I was watching the weather report last night and thought of you when I saw the low temps.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lovely, both. I managed to kill the last Hoyas I had despite the fact that years ago, I brought some to successful bloom. Begonias fare better in my care.

    ReplyDelete
  3. The Begonia is so pretty! It sure is a nice bright color to carry you through the cold weather to Spring.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I've never seen a hoya. Or never noticed it. I like it on your picture Gloria!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I grew up with a hoya, it was very tough and very old. It looked waxy, and could have been artificial. Except it kept growing up a wall. I like begonias, and adore the name of this one: dragon's blood! (Now that I think of it, I think dragon's blood would be blue not pink)

    ReplyDelete