Cultivar
B. ‘Gracilis Prima Donna’
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Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Gracilis Prima Donna’
- Date of Origin
- 1909
- Plant Type
- Semperflorens
- Publication Reference
- FLE; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911) (translated via Google Translate)
Plant
- Description
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911) (translated via Google Translate) B. semperflorens gracilis ‘Prima Donna’: With a compact and regular habit, this new variety does not exceed 30 centimeters in height and produces in abundance flowers of 4 centimeters in diameter, light pink passing carmine towards the center. The entire flowering is superb; it occurs at the top of the twigs and slices well on green foliage gleaming slightly brownish. As vigorous as the other B. semperflorens of the class B. gracilis, it is easy to grow and as such, as well as by its rich flowering, it is called to take a place of first rank for the filling of the baskets, massifs, as well as for growing in pots.; Barnard Catalogue, Chicago Ill 1913 EVERBLOOMING BEDDING BEGONIAS The following varieties make splendid bedding plants. Start the seed early. in the house and set out the plants in June. They are of sturdy growth, about a foot high. Desirable for pot plants in the window in winter. B. semperflorens alba. White B. ‘Erfordia’, Delicate rose B. Gracilis Luminosa. Satiny bronzy foliage. Bright scarlet flowers. B. Prima Donna rose colored flowers, fine pot plant B. ‘Vernon’, Orange-scarlet flowers; leaves dark green B. ‘Dwarf Vernon’, fine bedder B. ‘Mignon’, Dwarf, scarlet flowers, green foliage
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Descendants
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