Cultivar
B. ‘Tennessee Waltz’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Tennessee Waltz’
- Originator
- Kit Jeans
- Date of Origin
- 1978
- Publication Date
- 1980
- Place
- Johnsonville
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. unknown
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 827
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B81 a183
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) June 1981, p. 142-3.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Tennessee Waltz' No. 827-Begonia unknown by unknown 'Tennessee Waltz' Rhizomatous. Obliquely broad-ovate, angulate, 3" x 2" leaves of rich velvety bronze-copper turn dark with age. They are succulent, ciliate, 6-veined, and abundant on a compact plant. Petioles are red-speckled and minutely hairy; stipules, chartaceous. Pink, 2-tepaled, 1" flowers with red-speckled ovaries are borne in forked cymes on 10"-12" peduncles in winter. Originated by Kit Jeans (address above) in 1978; first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1980. Tested by Barbara Rogers, 1200 Christmas Tree Lane, Pearce, AZ 85625. Registered July 22, 1980.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
No populated fields in this section.