Cultivar
B. ‘B.R. Davis’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘B.R. Davis’
- Originator
- Crousse, Felix
- Date of Origin
- 1895
- Place
- Nancy
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Publication Reference
- GAR;PHWL
- Article References
- The Garden, v. 38, 1890; The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening… by Geo. Nicholson [et al.]. Hyde Park, Mass. Geo. T. King ;1901. Page 138-42 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48615
Plant
- Description
- The Garden, v. 38, 1890 New Double Begonias of 1890: From M. Felix Crousse, of Nancy, I received the large number of nineteen varieties, all sent out by him for the first time this spring. Two of these have already been described amongst the best three double yellows. Of the remainder I shall only be able to describe some five or six, as many of the others, though they grew into fine big vigorous plants, either dropped the buds of their male blossoms in a semi-expanded state in a most provoking manner or only produced malformed or semi-double flowers, so that I have been able to form no opinion as to what their merits or beauties may be when seen at their best, and can only hope they may bloom more satisfactorily next summer, when I shall try them again. The most beautiful of the set was B. R. Davis, which unfortunately seems to be by no means of a vigorous or free habit of growth, but whose four or five flowers were truly magnificent and the admiration of everyone who saw them. They were of the largest size and finest substance, and of a most beautifully delicate tint of creamy salmon. This is certainly one of the finest varieties yet seen. ; B. R. Davis – double, rich crimson, very large, compact, floriferous.
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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