Wow I never even knew they existed. I just found the Bonfire last year and I loved it...Stayed in the hot sun hung on a fence and bloomed like crazy!!!!! Did you have luck planting the seeds? I saved the tuber from my Bonfire and I am trying to overwinter it....I am going to start a search and look for the ones you posted above....

I just can't get cuttings to survive.. I am on round bajillion of trying to get them to root....

Sometimes my cuttings root better than others and I don't know what is different. I have the best luck taking cuttings with no more than three sets of leaves and rooting them in potting soil. I like to use the trays that meat come packaged in and clean them well. Put about an inch of moist potting soil in the tray, dip the end of the cutting in rooting hormone and then lay the cutting on the soil with the cut end just covered with a bit of soil. Cover the tray with a clear plastic bag and seal it. I put the tray in a warm place with light, a heating mat is best. Check the cuttings frequently and spray with water mist. Some may rot but I have the best luck with this method.

Thank you...I am thinking I have a black thumb instead of green...Trying with the latest batch from my Gartenmeister Fuchsia. I do cover them with a plastic bag and this batch is on a heat mat. It is 2 weeks into the project so I looked closely. It just looks like the leaves fall off and then they are dead. Do you open them up at all to let them air out?

Sammy I am trying your method...Fingers crossed

I check the cuttings frequently and if they seem too wet I do let them air out a bit. Fuchsias do seem to lose their leaves a lot and they take longer to root than begonias do for me.

Thanks again Sammy!

I will need to try cuttings.. what do they require to grown well.?

fertilize r or what?

Man, don't ask me...I'm a plant killer....

Arent we all?

LOL Love it!

does anyone know if Hummingbirds like them?

trying to grow begonia sunset cruz from seeds. the seedlings are up. Now getting to know there are million kisses variety but cant locate source for seeds in Canada? Any information will be appreciated on this?

No seeds I keep ,y begonia all winter indoors, cold room an it is blooming.

I am hunting flowering Kale the colored one purple.

I am also hunting Cathy K.. to tell me about Candelabra seeds I got . They sure are growing fine.

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The Santa Cruz Sunset begonias that grew from seed last September have been blooming in a hanging basket since January. The Million Kisses variety seem to be grown from cuttings. I kept some seed from the Million Kisses begonias I had last summer and the seedlings I planted in November are a couple inches tall now. I am hoping that they will make hanging baskets by summer. The seedlings are very slow growing. I have found a series called 'Bossa Nova' that is grown from seed and I am growing that one also. I got the seeds from Harris seeds. I also got some on Ebay but they did not sprout. There is a new seed begonia called 'San Francisco' that has salmon colored flowers and I am growing that one also.

Speaking of B. boliviensis hybrids, Harris Seeds' latest catalogue offers B. 'Bossa Nova' and B. 'Santa Cruz'. To me both look pretty much alike from their small pictures. I think they are going hybrid wild with B. boliviensis, too many of them, do they all really differ, one from another . . . . .

You are correct that a lot of the B. boliviensis hybrids are very similar. The first hybrid that became popular 'Bonfire' is still one of my favorites. I have gotten several 'Santa Cruz Sunset' plants from different sources that are slightly different so I do not know which one is 'Santa Cruz Sunset'. The Million Bell series had several different colors so that was new for B. boliviensis hybrids and now there are several different series with different flower colors. My 'Santa Cruz Sunset' plant and the Million Bells plant 'Devotion' are difficult to tell apart. The Million Kisses plant 'Amour' has foliage that is darker than any other B. boliviensis hybrid that I have found. Different suppliers are pushing different series. I haven't found any nurseries that carry plants from the different series.