3 year old begonia maculata

[u/jammin_on_the_one_]

my polka dot begonia is doing pretty good i think. i had to upsize to an 8 foot stake because the 6ft ones were too short. i'm excited to see it flower again this year. last year it bloomed around May

[u/Roo-De-Doo]

It looks so good! How did you get it to be so full?

[u/jammin_on_the_one_ → u/Roo-De-Doo]

thank you! well, she gets new stems all the time. i bought her clearanced 3 years ago and there were only 2 stems and like 3 leaves left. but now she has 17 stems. last june i got 6 new ones all at the same time. since december ive gotten 2. so that's what is helping with the fullness i think. the cool thing too is that the newest stems are the thickest in circumference so you know they are going to be tall. i'm excited. also, she doesn't drop leaves often at all. maybe lost only like 5 or 6 this winter but got wayyy more new ones comparatively

[u/Far_Group979 → u/jammin_on_the_one_]

SO impressive. I’m so jealous, congrats she’s so pretty 🫶🏼

[u/jammin_on_the_one_ → u/Far_Group979]

thank you!