Cultivar
B. ‘Atropurpurea Bijou des Jardins’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Atropurpurea Bijou des Jardins’
- Originator
- J. Sallier
- Place
- Neuilly
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Semperflorens
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. Bijou des Jardins
- Publication Reference
- AVD; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Le Jardin, 1899 (translated via Google Translate)
Plant
- Description
- Le Jardin, 1899 (translated via Google Translate) B. Bijou des Jardins: Begonia semperflorens with double flowers for the garden (Fig.-13). This variety, new this year, by Mr. J. Sallier, horticulture, in Neuilly (Seine), is a kind of Begonia semperflorens Vernon dwarf. It is a stout plant very floriferous, with erect peduncles emerging from the dark red foliage, surmounted by flowers having the appearance of small pompoms more or less double a beautiful scarlet red. This kind Begonia is, we believe, called to render great services in the decoration of gardens.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. Bijou des Jardins
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- 'Bijou des Jardins' Le Jardin. Paris: Librairie horticole du Jardin, 1887-1921 1899 Page 155-6, 312-13, 331. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35959 Begonia semperflorens with double flower 'Bijou des Jardins' - This variety, put into commerce this year by M. J. Sallier, a horticulturist in Neuilly (Seine), is a sort of Begonia semperflorens 'Vernon dwarf'. It is a stocky plant very floriferous, has peduncles erect outgoing, well dark red metallic foliage, surmounted by flowers having the appearance of little pompoms more in less double of a beautiful red scarlet. This gentle Begonia is, we believe, called to render great services in the decoration of the gardens.