Thanks for your reply Eileen. We have tuberous,cane,and rex begonias but don't have any Reiger begonias, but they are sold in the uk in shops as winter flowering plants. We have copied the website address for the book so you can have a look yourself :- http://www.nhpborneo.com/onlinestore/product_details.asp?id=859 If you do see it somewhere and you think it looks good for the money please could you let us know. Thank you

Robert, I don't have Pink Delight, but do have another of the scented begonias Tulip World sells. I bought Angelique last year. I just checked my stored tubers and the Angeliques are already showing new pink growth, so I'll definitely have them again this year. They do have a rose-like fragrance, but it doesn't waft far from those big fluffy flowers. If I put my nose in a bloom and inhaled, it was lovely. Sitting next to the planter, I could sometimes detect a faint scent if the day wasn't windy. Perhaps I need more of them in bloom. I might get Red Glory and mingle the colors. Tulip World sells them in packs of three, so you can try potting them individually and experimenting with different mixes. Have you had any success with non-scented tuberous begonias? It may be your climate and not your care. They grow best in areas with cool, humid summers. The link below has detailed information on growing them. Good luck! -Edie Here is a link that might be useful: Brad's Begonia World

If sight-seeing in Paris doesn't wear you out (or even if it does), it's great to pack a picnic lunch and go to the Bois de Vincennes and visit the Parc Floral, perhaps France's largest botanical garden. (they do sell food in the Parc) If you like dahlias, they have HUGE displays of them in September. (to others: if you're there in mid-late May, there are INCREDIBLE displays of iris, and the Pinède [pinetum] area is full of hostas and astilbes for late May through July) This is what Parisians do on the weekend! Very un-touristy, but very cool. Giverny is a half-day trip IF you take the earliest bus you can (even if you are on your honeymoon, wink wink). If you go later in the day, it can be so crowded it takes twice the time to see. Have a great trip. I'm sure we're all jealous.

Hello, I don't know how much I can advise you, but I'd like to comment on a few things mentioned here. I've bought property many times here and on the subject of gazumping and gazundering, yes it happens here and there but nothing like as rampant as has been implied. It's never happened to me. In most cases the only time some renegotiation can take place is after you've had a structural survey done on a property and you find some fault that could work out expensive to repair, then you might look again at the price agreed. Transactions have been speeded up lately, but yes you can be stuck in a 'chain', for a while, but we get there in the end. Best to buy a property where 'no chain' is advertised, but that's not always possible. I don't know what price range you will be looking at. Most of us here will go to an 'Estate Agent' in a town where we plan to live, there are always several of these, and most often now you will already have seen properties on line that appeal to you, so you go to the agent to arrange a viewing. If you like what you see you make an offer on it. Some haggling can go on here for a short time. When agreement is reached, you arrange for a structural survey to be done and both sides will employ a solicitor to do the conveyancing. When all is satisfied, Exchange of Contracts take place when 10 percent of the agreed total is handed over by the buyer to the seller's solicitor. 1 month later [28 days] Completion takes place, they move out, you move in. In most cases, things run reasonably well, but you will always hear of nightmare stories, concerning delays mostly, if stuck in a chain. Just to correct some points made above by some members. Yes we have huge Fridge Freezers, usually called 'American', we used to have one but it was too big for us. Yes most of us have dish washers, they are so popular and essential for many people. Yes we have tumble dryers, sometimes within our washer or separately. I use mine nearly every day. We are an older couple, just us and a dog, and my electricity bill every 3 months, is about £100.00 which I think maybe $130.00 U.S. Most people here have Central Heating, which means you have a modern dual purpose condensing boiler in a cupboard, or on a kitchen wall, this takes care of your constant hot water and central heating to radiators. The price is about the same as the electricity, depends which supplier you are with. Doesn't matter where you live, many of us do 'home shopping' these days. We order nearly everything online, get the supermarket to deliver it to the door. Clothes are very cheap in supermarkets and other more budget outlets, most of the stuff is made in Bangladesh after all. Health care is free. Medications are free even if you need 20 different ones [if you are aged over 60]. Everything is free medically, except for medications if you are under 60 and can afford to pay them. Yes you have to wait for appointments, but in my experience, if they know it's 'urgent', i.e. something serious, they move you along. There are major problems with Accident and Emergency at the moment due to the time of year and pressure on the system, but I have found the medics that come out to your home, in the rare event you might need one, to be expertly trained. If you can afford private health care on top of this, then so much the better. One of the taxes we pay here which nearly everyone hates with a vengeance, is the Council Tax, which is a tax on property. It's paid monthly for 10 months of the year usually, lots of people don't pay anything much if they are on low incomes with no savings, and then others who do pay have to pay more to make up shortfalls, which causes resentment. I'm in a Band A property which is the cheapest. I pay the equivalent of about U.S.$1600.00 per annum. Larger properties are Band D to Band H and they pay more. We're all just getting on with our lives regardless of Brexit. Who knows how that will turn out. If you'd like to tell us which part of the UK you will be buying in, I might be able to advise you further. I hope this has been of some help.