Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Begonia Festival

The Ballarat begonia festival was on over the long weekend, but I didn't attend it. However, the day after is a great day to be able to look at the begonia display in the greenhouse without all the crowds.

The floral display is amazing:
 This one in a hanging basket was probably my favourite:

But it is not just about the flowers, and there was a large section showing the range of different foliage begonias can have:

I have one like one of these, which I purchased at a market stall last spring. I wonder if mine will ever be as lush as these ones?

5 comments:

  1. Begonias are ornamental with flower and leaf. The flower exhibition was amazing. Marie

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  2. Surprising, it was not all that busy Sunday lunchtime, perhaps the rain turned people away. I was drawn to the frilled edged blooms.

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  3. The off-centre leaf one in the top left of you last photo is my favourite. The flowers are quite modest but it is really hardy. I have one in a pot that was my grandmothers.

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  4. The range of the begonia family continues to amaze me.

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