{"id":3370,"date":"2022-12-08T10:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T00:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-begonia.vercel.app\/about\/begonias\/begonia-fun-facts\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T15:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T05:46:45","slug":"begonia-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballaratbegoniafestival.com\/about-begonias\/begonia-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Begonia Fun Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Ballarat Botanical Gardens have been growing Begonias since the late 1890s.<\/li><li>Begonias are grown by the Ballarat Botanical Garden horticultural team at our nursery here in the gardens.<\/li><li>We grow over 240 different tuberous Begonias and 300+ unique non-tuberous Begonias.<\/li><li>The Begonias require some form of attention for 10 months of the year, to have them on display for approximately 4 to 6 weeks \u2013 but we think they are worth it.<\/li><li>In total, we grow over 3,000 Begonias in pots!<\/li><li>Begonias have male and female flowers. Every day during the Begonia Display, we remove the new \u2018single\u2019 female flower, allowing the plant to put all its energy into the much larger and \u2018showier\u2019 male flowers.<\/li><li>Every large flower is supported by a wire to prevent the weight of the flower from snapping off.<\/li><li>The original \u2018wild\u2019 Begonias, which all the tuberous Begonias were bred from, are only 3cm in diameter. Some Begonias can grow very large, we have grown one with a diameter of 24cm!<\/li><li>Every Begonia pit in the conservatory and nursery is hand watered. It\u2019s labour of love.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-editorskit-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/99423285_2921109831318004_462941356466110464_n-2.jpg 1712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Robert Clarke Conservatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ballarat Botanical Gardens have been growing Begonias since the late 1890s. Begonias are grown by the Ballarat&hellip;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2015,"parent":3087,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3370","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ballarat Botanical Gardens have been growing Begonias since the late 1890s. Begonias are grown by the Ballarat&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Begonia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-13T05:46:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1-1024x1024.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/\",\"name\":\"Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-08T00:23:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-13T05:46:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1536,\"caption\":\"woman standing amongst flower display\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ballaratbegoniafestival.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Begonia Fun Facts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/\",\"name\":\"Begonia\",\"description\":\"Just another Ballarat Event Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia","og_description":"The Ballarat Botanical Gardens have been growing Begonias since the late 1890s. Begonias are grown by the Ballarat&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/","og_site_name":"Begonia","article_modified_time":"2023-02-13T05:46:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1-1024x1024.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/","url":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/","name":"Begonia Fun Facts - Begonia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png","datePublished":"2022-12-08T00:23:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-13T05:46:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/image-11-3-1.png","width":1536,"height":1536,"caption":"woman standing amongst flower display"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/begonia-fun-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ballaratbegoniafestival.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Begonia Fun Facts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/","name":"Begonia","description":"Just another Ballarat Event Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3370\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballarat-events-cms.madebyavenue.com\/begonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}