Keep them damp, too, if you can't plant them right away. Angel Wings does best in free-draining, loamy, and sandy soil.

These pretty plants can thrive indoors or out with a little TLC. Consider this your official angel wing begonia care guide. Angel Wing Begonias Are the Underrated Plant Everyone Should Grow ...

In the late 1920s, a California plant breeder combined the traditional, bamboo-like cane begonia with a hybrid from Switzerland (B. coccinea ‘Lucerna’) and called the result "angel wing." ...

The plant you saw is most likely an “angel wing” begonia. The name probably came from the pairs of leaves, pointing in opposite directions, that have the shape of a pair of wings on an angel.

In today's "Fielding Questions," Don Kinzler offers advice on an ailing begonia, growing carrots and a tipsy jade plant. Get 3 months just 99¢/month SUBSCRIBE NOW! Show Search.

From watering consistently to providing adequate sunlight, tending to your plants takes work. The payoff, of course, is greenery whose healthy, vibrant appearance brightens your home and lifts ...