Ruffled Pink Begonia

I replanted a shady bed late - August - and was glad to be able to get begonia bulbs at this time of year. I'm in FL, so they'll have time to become established before the weather cools down. The begonias have a more attractive rex-type leaf shape than grown plants available locally. The sets were a bit slow getting started, maybe 10 days to show up and get growing, but now look very study and are thriving. One put out blooms with the first leaves, but the others are growing leaves first. Happy to be able to find these in what is off-season for the bulbs in my area.

Excellent large bulbs.

This is my first time planting begonias and they are growing successfully.

The tubers arrived happy and healthy with at least one eye per tuber.

I rated 4/5 because one tuber was about 5" diameter: HUGE! one was average size with about 3-3.5" diameter and the the 3rd was about the size of a quarter.

Hoping they all produce happy, healthy plants! So far, the smallest one has a thin, spindly stem with very few small leaves.
The medium size one looks exactly as expected (size of leaves is average and the stem is sturdy, but not necessarily thick, has average number of leaves, 2 eyes). The last tuber (the HUGE ONE) has leaves the size of my hand, the stems- 3 from the 3 eyes- are as thick as a nickel!

Very large discrepancy between plant size, correlating to the size and health of the tuber.

I can't believe how fast these begonias are growing! They arrived quickly and they're doing great. I can't wait until my double snowdrops arrive in time for fall planting.

I'll certainly be buying more here!