Cultivar
B. ‘Quakertown’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Quakertown’
- Originator
- Phyliss C. Ferguson
- Date of Origin
- 1969
- Place
- La Habra
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Female Parent
- B. olsoniae
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Jill Adair’
- ABS No
- 257
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B70 a016
- Article References
- The Begonian (37) Jan 1970, p. 16-17.
Plant
- Description
- No. 257 - Begonia (olsoniae x 'Jill Adair') 'Quakertown' - B. 'Quakertown' is a shrub-like plant, originated by Phyllis C. Ferguson, 10722 Wiatt Way, La Habra, Calif., in 1967. It first bloomed in 1968 and in appearance and growth it is similar to Jill Adair. A heavy bloomer, it has white flowers May through August. The leaves are green, rotund, 6- 7" x 5- 5½", margin finely toothed, thick texture, veins depressed, petioles fimbriated scales, white, 4”; stipules are ovate acute. Registered May 15, 1969.
- Plant Habit
- Compact
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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