I believe this is my last surviving plant from the defunct Wight’s nursery up in Lynnwood. Brother Tim, sister Cate and I used to enjoy going there to look around–they had some fun stuff. They also had a large clearance area where they color-coded the sale plants. This Gryphon begonia came from that rack–it cost $1.00 and was a sad little thing. No more!

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This plant gets bigger and better every year. We kept it in the kitchen over one winter and it stayed glorious the entire time.

My 2020 plans are to top-dress the plant with fertile new soil and keep it on the shady side of the patio where it seems to thrive and I enjoy it during all the warm months as I walk by it on my way to the compost bin, the garbage bin, recycle bin, and the greenhouse.