Guest post by Amy Urquhart

This morning on my blog I wrote about how we’re getting crowded out of our dining room by the sheer number of plants in there, so it seems only natural that the next thing I did this morning while drinking my coffee, and in my housecoat, no less, is root seven Rex Begonia cuttings. This means that if my project is a success, I will soon have seven more houseplants to add to the collection I complained about just this morning.

It all started when I decided to research just exactly what to do with those long, leafless necks sprawling across the surface of my Rex Begonia “Tiger Kitten”. I was very happy to find that all I needed to do was cut those back and with a little time and plant magic, my original “Tiger Kitten” would grow new leaves and eventually look as happy as it did the day I bought it at Canada Blooms two years ago.

First I took a deep breath and hacked it back. Here’s how it looked this morning in all its gangly glory before the hacking began:

And here it as after the shearing:

Here are the cuttings all ready to be potted up:

And here they are in their new homes, all dusted in rooting compound and snuggled into pots of equal parts vermiculite and pro-mix: