Plant in full to part day coastal sun with perhaps some protection from sun in hot inland locations. Give regular irrigation. It has proven hardy in our trials to temperatures out in the open down to 32° F. This is a very attractive plant for container gardening, for use in landscape beds or even as an indoor plant.

Begonia 'Joyful Jasper' is a bit reminiscent of a red leaved Heuchera, but sturdier. It was an introduction from J. Berry Nursery of Grand Saline, Texas as part of their Crown Jewel Begonias, who notes this variety was bred for heat tolerance. We received our first plant of it in August 2019 from John Schoustra of Greenwood Daylily farms who was given the plant by Jim Berry at the J. Berry Nursery display for the 2018 California Spring Trials (CAST) at Windmill Nursery in Buellton California. 

The information displayed on this page about Begonia 'Joyful Jasper' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.