Cultivar
B. ‘Souvenir de François Gaulin ’
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Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Souvenir de François Gaulin ’
- Originator
- Gaulin / Crozy
- Date of Origin
- 1891
- Place
- France
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Cane-like
- Female Parent
- B. coccinea
- Male Parent
- B. olbia
- Publication Reference
- NM; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, jahr. 15, (1890); Garden and forest, v. 6, (1893)
Plant
- Description
- Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, jahr. 15, (1890) New Begonias: Hardly a second genus of plants was allowed to be cultivated in our garden, which, because of its versatility, enjoys such general recognition as the Begonia. But it is also wonderful, what a variety of different known species can offer. Some are charming as regards their splendidly colored and drawn foliage; others are very abundant in blood for long periods of the year, which is why they are used with preference for the planting of flower beds and for the decoration of living quarters and greenhouses. Both pure species and the colossal wealth of hybrids, which was successfully carried out by the happy breeders. This manipulation, carried out with great intelligence, we owe again this year some new varieties, which were just as valuable for culture in the glasshouse as for the open land. Francois Gaulin, the late head of the plant culture of the Tete d'Or Parc in Lyon, crossed B. Olbia X B. Corallina and thus received a new breed, which the well-known Canna breeder Crozyaine brings to the market this year named ‘President Carnot’ and ‘Souvenir de Francois Gaulin’. Both possess the character of the B. corallina, which unfortunately is so little cultivated, namely, a taller growth with numerous stems. The foliage of the former is dark green, purple on the back, and the drooping clusters of these are of a vivid bright coral red color. The second variety has light-green leaves, which had a slight pink color when developed. The bloom clusters are enormous and make a special effect. The flowers are a lively carmin coral red. For both varieties, the numerous appearing female blooms are kept for weeks in their brilliant colors. ; Garden and forest, v. 6, (1893) B. Souvenir de Francois Gaulin: Winter-flowering Begonias. AMONG the numerous varieties of Begonias, I have found the following to be the most desirable for winter However, Begonia Souvenir de Francois Gaulin (Crozy), said to be a hybrid between B. olbia and B. rubra, is a winter-flowering plant of great beauty and value. Under ordinary cultivation it grows strongly, but not rankly, producing straight stems from the bottom, in the way of B. rubra. The leaves are long, of good substance, green above, with a satiny luster, and deeply suffused with a vinous-red color on the edges, which are coarsely serrated, and on the reverse. There is often a slight suffusion of red on the upper surface of the leaf, which is very attractive. This Begonia blooms in clusters of about twenty flowers, which, individually, are probably the largest of any existing fibrous-rooted Begonia. The longest single flower on the spray, illustrated on page 123, is quite three inches long. The plants sometimes bear male flowers, but they are usually female, with large-winged ovaries, which, with the petals, are self-colored of a deep translucent carmine. The petals remain partly folded, and the flowers are not apt to become fertilized. They retain their beauty on the plants for several weeks, and are useful for cutting.
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