| NOS BEGONIA GRANDIS and other cold hardy clones PAGE |
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| INTRODUCTION: This page is devoted to new, superior, and rare cultivars of Begonias more hardy for outdoor landscaping. This includes some proven in USDA zones 6-7, sometimes requiring a tad of mulch or a safer spot. The best known of these belong to Begonia grandis (B. evansiana) and B. sinensis. You will note 'Kaylen', a cultivar of B. x semperflorens which has survived to zero degrees F. | |
| Begonia boliviensis
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ht: 12 in.
tall x 24 in. wide ha: tuberous-rooted, arching. Has an aspect like an outdoor Christmas cactus but less rigid. ls: angel-wing type fc: bright orange-red ft: bell-shaped to funnelform fd: 2.0 in. long ch: 7b so: Plant Delights Nursery |
| Begonia grandis 'Alba' (var. albus) | ht: 24-30
in. fc: white to blush pink lc: lighter green than species typical - a common trait of white-flowered plants. lc: any pink tints below are lighter and never so red and most other clones. |
| Begonia grandis 'Claret Jug' (1/03) | fc: pink lc: reddish below id: Schmid says "virtually identical to the type". It makes a useful clone as id: the species is variable. li: Schmid, W.G. 2002. An enc. of shade perennials Timber Press. p. 118 |
| Begonia grandis 'Heron's Pirouette' (12/02) | fc: bright
"hot pink" or: Heronswood Nursery as seedling 1997 - seed from Japanese source. in, so: Heronswood Nursery (online catalog Fall 2002) |
| Begonia grandis 'Simsii' | fc: pink fd: larger than species typical |
| Begonia grandis 'Wildwood Premier' | ht: 24 in.
or more lc: dark olive green, petioles and some veins above bright red. Reddish below lc: and often with a thin red margin. fc: corolla light pink, calyx bright red fd: larger ch: 6 or: Thurman Maness NC USA in, so: Plant Delights Nursery (Spring 2001 Catalog: 10) eval: considered the best clone for modern gardens |
| Begonia grandis 'Wildwood Purity' | ht: 24 in.
tall x 24 in. wide fc: corolla white, calyx reddish or: Thurman Maness NC USA as selection in, so: Terra Nova Nurseries (Catalog 2000: 4) |
| Begonia x semperflorens 'Kaylen' (12/02) | lc: red fc: rose-red ch: to about 0 deg. F. - the most cold hardy of this group to date in: Dr. Armitage, Univ. of Georgia so: Terra Nova Nurseries (online catalog 2002) lu: this amazing clone has proven far more hardy in zones 7-8 than anyone lu: would have imagined just a few years ago. |
| Begonia grandis 'Alba' | ht: 10 in.
tall x 10 in. wide fc: pure white, showy yellow stamens lc: light green or: colected 1996 at 3500 ft. at Yueba Forest Station, Shannxi Province, China in, so: Plant Delights Nursery (Spring 2003 Catalog: 25, with color photo) |
| Begonia sinensis 'Wolong Rose' | ht: 10 in.
tall x 24 in. wide ha: spreading mound fc: corolla darker pink the species typical, calyc reddish-pink bt: later than species typical (July- October in NC) or: Darrell Probst collected 1996 near Pitiao River, Sichuan, Wolong, China in, so: Plant Delights Nursery (Spring 2001 Catalog: 10, color photo) |
