Cultivar
B. ‘Argentea-guttata’
Photos
1 photo
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
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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