American Begonia Society Convention - Begonia Show

 

The 2026 American Begonia Society National Convention & Southwest Region Get-Together was in Fort Worth Texas.  It was hosted by the Mae Blanton Dallas Fort Worth Branch and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Begonia Species Bank and Collection.  Here are pictures of the begonia show.

B. Rex won the Peoples Choice award

B. 'Martha Stewart'

b. masoniana

B. variegata 

B. 'Steve's Leaves Mr. Miller'

B. wollnyi 

B. wollnyi 

B. melanobullata

B. 'Pink Minx'

B. 'Snow Capped' (variegated) 1st Place Best Cane (Lou Dyess Award) Arielle Brooks

B. Rain Dance

B. 'Bobbie Price'

B. 'Copper Sunset'

B. 'Nola'

B. chloroneura

B. natunaensis 

B. 'Red Bull'

B. Uknown Rex

B. ludwigii 

B. 'Torch'

B. listada

B. 'Challenger'

B. 'Pulsar'

B. dregei

B. 'Withlacoochee' (variegated)

B. 'Steve's Leaves Wow'

Here are begonias grown in terrariums.

b. batuphila grown by Jonathan Ball 

Mixed Terrarium B. polilloensis, B. chingipengii, B. blancii 'mottled' grown by Kari Brooks

B. pteridoides grown by Douglas Hahn

B. montis-elephantis 

Contained Atmosphere Multiple Begonias

B. ningmingensis var. bella grown by Kathy Barrows

B. bullatifolia

B. amphioxus x ignita grown by Douglas Byrom

B. lichenora grown by Douglas Byrom

There was also some begonia related stained glass and photography in the show.

Stained Glass by Khairil Azhar Junos

Begonia Photography B. 'Connee Boswell' by Myra Burkhardt

The Fort Worth Botanic Garden Begonia Species Bank and Collection, included an exhibit on their begonia photography project.

ABS Convention - Tour of Steve's Leaves!

 One of the excursions at the American Begonia Society Convention was a tour of Steve's Leaves.  Their greenhouses are not open to the public and they do not have a retail store. Ordering is only available online.  It was a treat to see where and how they grow their begonias and other plants.  I was amazed to see so many plants in their greenhouses.  You can click on their logo below for a link that will take you to their online store.

Here are some of the leaf cuttings

Here is a small plant growing from the leaf cutting.  It will soon be in someone's begonia collection.

The following pictures are just some of the many begonias at Steve's Leaves.

Steve's Leaves grows more than just begonias.

Here are a few orders they are preparing to ship out.