Mike Stevens presents a complete and readable guide to one of the most popular flowering plant choices: begonias.

From the COMPLETE GUIDES series, an introduction to the cultivation and identification of begonias, which lists the varieties available in Britain, Europe and the USA, and offers advice on showing, hybridising and propagating the flower.

Begonias have enormous horticultural appeal, are widely cultivated in the home, and include hardy species for the garden and semi-hardy species for containers.

This book updates the taxonomy of the tuberous begonias and discusses their natural history, conservation, artificial selection, and cultivation.