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Cultivar

B. ‘Raspberry Swirl’

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Raspberry Swirl’
Originator
Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin
1979
Publication Date
1982
Place
McKinleyville, Ca.
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rex Cultorum
Female Parent
B. ‘rex cv.’
ABS No
846
Publication Reference
ABS;B82 a158;B95 r191
Article References
The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87.

Plant

Description
Begonia 'Raspberry Swirl' No. 846-Begonia unnamed rex cultivar x hemsleyana 'Raspberry Swirl' Rex Cultorum group; rhizomatous, erect. Double-spiraled, lobed, 6" x 50" leaves have a black center, raspberry zone, silver zone, and dark-green and black edge. They are smooth-surfaced with 10 main veins, light-red petioles, and red stipules. A spiraled sister seedling to B. 'Hula Skirt' (ABS Reg. No. 841), B. 'Raspberry Swirl' does not have the compound leaves of B. 'Hula Skirt'. Originated in 1979 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); no bloom to date; first distributed in 1980. Published in Thompson and Thompson, Begonias, 1981, pp. 182, 321. Registered June 29, 1982.
Stem Type
Upright

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