Hi Kelli, I'd love to say GREAT but I've had less than stellar results. I have been able to get some small plants going, but the transition from in to outside, even during the warm months has been disappointing. If they can't proliferate with my planting medium and excellent treatment (at least I think it is excellent) I tend to lose interest. I would not bail on them on my account, though. Best of luck!

I have no idea what I have. When I buy from this lady nothing is labeled which is why you only pay a few dollars. Here's a pic, hopefully! [IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n128/harmonyfarms/DSCN1231.jpg[/IMG]

Mrs B, depending on where you live, it might be better to wait well into spring or early summer to propagate your begonia, especially if you're in a state other than deep south. When you take a cutting, be sure to cut the leaves from the bottom of the cutting, leave a few at the top. If too many leaves are on the cutting, it can wilt from loss of moisture through all those leaves. You might need to put the pots of cuttings in a large plastic bag to retain humidity if you're in a low-humidity state, or rooting in the house with air conditioning. The safest way to root cuttings is to simply put them in a glass of water. They should root in a few weeks to a month, cuttings rooted this way generally make the transition to potting mix a bit easier than with no roots at all. There's a begonia expert with the handle 'hcmcdole' over on the Begonias forum that would be a great advisor if you have further questions. That said, rooting is fairly easy so we can help here as well. Russ

Mrs B, there are many methods of rooting cane begonia cuttings and every propagator has a system of their own. The easiest way to root the cuttings is to simply put them in water. Take a 4 to 6 inch tip cutting, cut off the bottom few leaves and leave several at the top. Put it in a glass of water, a situation on a bright but shady windowsill is fine. You should see roots in 3 to 6 weeks depending on your conditions. Once some good roots have formed, plant in your regular growing mix and keep it moist but not wet. If you want to root in a potting medium.... Take tip cuttings about 4 or 5 inches long. I cut the lower leaves off the bottom half of the cutting and leave several at the top, but if the leaves are very large they can lose too much moisture and cause the cutting to wilt, so I cut large leaves in half across the width. Put the cutting into a potting mix, I prefer a soilless mix of peat, perlite and vermiculite but any light, peat-based mix is fine. Don't use the heavy, dirt-type mediums erroneously sold as 'potting soil'. Cane begonia cuttings will root in a greenhouse or shadehouse in Florida with it's high humidity, but you may need to place your pot with the cutting into a clear plastic bag or some other kind of enclosure that will hold humidity. If you find the cutting wilted, you will need more humidity and it requires bagging or another enclosure. But put the cutting into water to rehydrate before putting it back into the pot and into an enclosure. This might be clear as mud, so if I'm not clear on some points be sure to ask for clarification. There are many other begonia growers here that may also have suggestions. A technical point here... before you take your tip cutting, be sure the base plant below your cut point is capable of branching. You mentioned your plant has been blooming, and most canes cannot branch at a node where it has bloomed. The nodes either produce a dormant bud or a bloom, but usually not both. So, look for a little spike at the nodes where the leaf joins the stem. These are dormant buds where the stem can branch. If the stem below where you're going to cut has these buds, you are fine and you can take the tip cutting. I do in fact see one of these little spikes in the first large pic you posted above. Russ