Cultivar
B. ‘Tin Lizzy’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Tin Lizzy’
- Originator
- Bob Cole
- Date of Origin
- 1976
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Place
- Reseda, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Lee's No. 9’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘hatacoa Silver’
- ABS No
- 727
- Publication Reference
- ABS; Begonian 46:276. 1979.
Plant
- Description
- Lovely plant with green leaves overlayed pinkish silver and pale pink flowers.; Begonia 'Tin Lizzy' No. 727 - (Begonia 'Lee's No. 9' x B. hatacoa [syn. rubro-venia] 'Silver') 'Tin Lizzy' Rex Cultorum group; rhizomatous, with rhizome jointed at or below the soil. Leaves are green with pinkish-silver overcast, cordate and subentire, 3" x 5", with lightly puckered surface; 8-veined; petioles 6”-8"; stipules 0" x ~". Pale pink flowers are small. Heart-shaped leaf with pastel wash of pinkish-silver combined with the habit of the male parent distinguishes this cultivar. Originated in 1976 by Bob Cole, 18007 Topham Street, Reseda, CA 91335; first bloomed in 1979. Registered Aug. 16,1979.
- Growth Type
- Rhizome jointed at or below the soil.
- Stem Type
- Erect stems off short rhizome
- Stem Habit
- Branched
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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