Begonias ..

That's nice, if possible please do post a picture here ..

@ridingbet ok, will look forward to that

@kiran8 i will, a bit later. thank you.

They are available in all plant nurseries across India since they grow well in tropical weather

The flowers come only once or twice a year , but the leaves are decorative , colorful and very attractive

@kiran8 yes they are indeed attractive

I don't think they are edible , that is as far as I know .

@Shavkat I guess better not unless we know for sure ..many of these plants and leaves are apparently poisonous

@kiran8 I haven't tried it again. lol

@Ladyduck I love all those flowers that you have mentioned and I can imagine how colorful it would be now in Switzerland with all those lovely flowers blooming .

@LadyDuck yes I noticed that and Peonies ..they are so lovely , would see them all over the place.

@kiran8 It's very green and colorful right now here. Swiss people love geraniums, they have the balconies covered with geraniums.

They grow very easily in tropical weather and very easy to propogate . You could do it with a single leaf ..

@kiran8 That's really interesting.

The problem with them is their inability to adjust to changing weather conditions. Earlier I used to keep the plants in the shade during Monsoons but realized that they began wilting. Now I leave them under the trees all through the rainy season and they seem to thrive. It s because they are native yo tropical jungles where it rains constantly

Some of them are even more colorful with unusual stripes and patterns.Ufortunately, i lost all the exotic looking ones but now some of them are slowly reviving.