where to buy BEGONIAs
Come to our monthly meetings where we typically have members who sell, share, trade, cuttings, plants, and seeds.
Don't forget to check out our Annual Plant Show and Sale that takes place in Mid-September in Massachusetts.
The American Begonia Society keeps a list of plant vendors. View it here.
Don't forget to check out our Annual Plant Show and Sale that takes place in Mid-September in Massachusetts.
The American Begonia Society keeps a list of plant vendors. View it here.
Looking for a specific begonia?
From time to time, our Members and people accessing our website are looking for a specific plant in a cutting, seed or starter begonia and ask us to help find it.
If you have not had luck searching online or checking out our list of Begonia Plant Resources you can send us an email with your request to post on this page as well as on our Facebook Group Page. We will not post your email address or name (if you don't want us to). Please specify what you are looking for, and where you are located, to determine proximity to a grower that might be a good source for you, if one of our members does not have one to spare. Click here to send us an email.
If you are looking for seed, and are a member of the American Begonia Society, don't forget to go to their website to see their current list of seed and to place an order from them.
If you have not had luck searching online or checking out our list of Begonia Plant Resources you can send us an email with your request to post on this page as well as on our Facebook Group Page. We will not post your email address or name (if you don't want us to). Please specify what you are looking for, and where you are located, to determine proximity to a grower that might be a good source for you, if one of our members does not have one to spare. Click here to send us an email.
If you are looking for seed, and are a member of the American Begonia Society, don't forget to go to their website to see their current list of seed and to place an order from them.
BEGONIA PLANT INFORMATION AND SOCIAL/GROUP LINKS
USDA ARS SPECIES RECORDS OF BEGONIA (Germplasm Resources Information Network)
AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY
AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
BUXTON BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES
KOLZ BEGONIA RESEARCH CENTER
RHODE ISLAND BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
THE INTERNATIONAL DATABASE OF THE BEGONIACEAE
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH - BEGONIA Research Center Database
BRAD THOMPSON'S BEGONIA WORLD (may no longer be available, but ABS website has most of the info posted)
PLANET BEGONIA FACEBOOK GROUP
YAHOO BEGONIA GROUP
CAPITOLA BEGONIA FESTIVAL (This was an Annual event in California, that may no longer be held)
BALLARAT BEGONIA FESTIVAL (Annual event in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY
AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
BUXTON BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES
KOLZ BEGONIA RESEARCH CENTER
RHODE ISLAND BEGONIA SOCIETY FACEBOOK PAGE
THE INTERNATIONAL DATABASE OF THE BEGONIACEAE
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH - BEGONIA Research Center Database
BRAD THOMPSON'S BEGONIA WORLD (may no longer be available, but ABS website has most of the info posted)
PLANET BEGONIA FACEBOOK GROUP
YAHOO BEGONIA GROUP
CAPITOLA BEGONIA FESTIVAL (This was an Annual event in California, that may no longer be held)
BALLARAT BEGONIA FESTIVAL (Annual event in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
BEGONIA ARTICLES AND BOOKS WITH EXTENSIVE BEGONIA INFORMATION
ARTICLES:
Begonia Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia
Tian, Daike et al. “Diversity and conservation of Chinese wild begonias."Plant diversity vol. 40,3 75-90. 15 Jun. 2018, doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.002 Found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114263/
Latin American Begonias, American Begonia Society, Astros Branch, Houston, Texas, 2004. Found at: http://www.begoniahouston.org/program/Latin%20American%20Begonias.pdf
BOOKS:
Begonias: Cultivation, Identification, and Natural History, Marc C. Tebbitt, Timber Press, Inc., 2005,
ISBN: 0-88192-733-3
Begonia Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia
Tian, Daike et al. “Diversity and conservation of Chinese wild begonias."Plant diversity vol. 40,3 75-90. 15 Jun. 2018, doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.002 Found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114263/
Latin American Begonias, American Begonia Society, Astros Branch, Houston, Texas, 2004. Found at: http://www.begoniahouston.org/program/Latin%20American%20Begonias.pdf
BOOKS:
Begonias: Cultivation, Identification, and Natural History, Marc C. Tebbitt, Timber Press, Inc., 2005,
ISBN: 0-88192-733-3
BOTANIC gardenS and other PUBLIC GARDEN LINKS
New England-Local
BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN Boston, MA.
NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC GARDEN AT TOWER HILL West Boylston, MA.
ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boston, MA.
LYMAN ESTATE GREENHOUSES Waltham, MA.
THE GARDENS AT ELM BANK Wellesley, MA.
BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN Stockbridge, MA.
ROGER WILLIAMS PARK BOTANICAL CENTER Providence, RI.
BLITHEWOLD MANSION, GARDENS & ARBORETUM Bristol, RI.
BOTANIC GARDEN OF SMITH COLLEGE, LYMAN CONSERVATORY & ARBORETUM Northampton, MA.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOTANIC GARDENS Wellesley, MA.
COASTAL MAINE BOTANIC GARDENS Boothbay, ME.
National and International
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN Forth Worth, TX.
NEW YORK BOTANIC GARDENS Bronx, NY
MONTREAL BOTANIC GARDEN Montreal, QC, Canada
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, Richmond, London, England
ILOVEGARDENS.COM (Gardens of note, listed by U.S. state)
BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN Boston, MA.
NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC GARDEN AT TOWER HILL West Boylston, MA.
ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boston, MA.
LYMAN ESTATE GREENHOUSES Waltham, MA.
THE GARDENS AT ELM BANK Wellesley, MA.
BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN Stockbridge, MA.
ROGER WILLIAMS PARK BOTANICAL CENTER Providence, RI.
BLITHEWOLD MANSION, GARDENS & ARBORETUM Bristol, RI.
BOTANIC GARDEN OF SMITH COLLEGE, LYMAN CONSERVATORY & ARBORETUM Northampton, MA.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOTANIC GARDENS Wellesley, MA.
COASTAL MAINE BOTANIC GARDENS Boothbay, ME.
National and International
FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN Forth Worth, TX.
NEW YORK BOTANIC GARDENS Bronx, NY
MONTREAL BOTANIC GARDEN Montreal, QC, Canada
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, Richmond, London, England
ILOVEGARDENS.COM (Gardens of note, listed by U.S. state)