Tuberous Begonias: An Essential Guide

Author(s): Jack Larter

Home & Garden

Tuberous begonias are sensational flowers: their abundant blooms capture everyone's heart and eye. This authoritative guide introduces the best varieties and celebrates the great range of colours grown. Written by Jack Larter, who has devoted many years of love and toil to the plants, it covers everything that both novice and veteran need to know to grow blooms for the home, garden and show bench.


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Features and reviews in National Begonia Society Bulletin, Horticulture Week and RHS The Garden. Reviews in Garden News, Gardens Monthly, Garden Answers and BBC Gardener's World.

Jack Larter has been growing and showing tuberous begonias for more than twenty years. Although growing all types of tuberous begonias, he specializes in growing the large, cut blooms to exhibit on the boards at competitive summer flower shows. This culminated in him winning the National Championship Twelve Board class at Birmingham 2007. He is the North West Area Representative for the National Begonia Society and a member of the Scottish Begonia Society, and regularly gives presentations at area meetings in both England and Scotland.

General Fields

  • : 9781847972316
  • : The Crowood Press
  • : The Crowood Press
  • : 0.508
  • : 01 February 2011
  • : 246mm X 189mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jack Larter
  • : Jack Larter
  • : 156 colour photographs
  • : 156 colour photographs
  • : 112
  • : 112
  • : 635.933627
  • : 635.933627
  • : English
  • : English
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback