Pretty Pink Begonias

 

Interesting facts of Begonias

1) Begonias are named after Michel Begon, a French former governor of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue now known as Haiti.

2) With their vibrant colours and beautiful flower forms and intricate leaves, they are  grown for ornamental in gardens. 

3) Begonias are monoecious plant as a single begonia plant produces both male and female flowers. Male flowers tend to be more attractive and multi-petaled and female flowers usually have a single bloom with 3-winged ovary (triangular seed pod) behind the petals.