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Cultivar

B. ‘Argentea-guttata’

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Argentea-guttata’
Originator
Lemoine
Date of Origin
1888
Plant Type
Shrub-like
Publication Reference
Email: R.Schoelhorn, 11/12/15; Gardening, vol.3, 1895
Article References
American homes and gardens. New York V. 6 1909 Jan.-Dec. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130750

Plant

Description
McGregor Bros. Co., catalogue Springfield, Ohio : 1912. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186265 BEGONIA ARGENTEA GUTTATA – Purple bronze leaves, oblong in shape with silver markings; white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems; American homes and gardens. New York V. 6 1909 Jan.-Dec. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130750 Argentea guttata is of strong, upright habit, freegrowing and many-branched Its leaves are olive green, spotted thickly with silvery white on the upper surface. Below, they are a dark red.
Growth Type
Shrubby, spreading

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