Begonias are quite popular in Florida, both as landscape and house plants .
This ornamental family offers a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors for the home gardener to choose from. And, in addition to being excellent, showy flowering and foliage plants, begonias are rarely bothered by insects or diseases. There are several different types of begonias. Each is suited for a different landscape or home use. The begonias which adapt well to Florida growing conditions can be divided into three types- fibrous rooted , tuberous rooted , and rex begonias .