Data specific to Begonias (Edit)
Plant Types: Tuberous

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Begonia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Begonia veitchii
  • Synonym: Begonia rosiflora
Also sold as:
  • 'Rosiflora'
  • 'Veitchii'

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Date: c. 1888
illustration from 'The Tuberous Begonia', published 1888 by Garde

Date: c. 1869
illustration [as B. rosæflora] from 'Flore des Serres', 1869

Date: c. 1868
illustration from 'The Florist and Pomologist', 1868

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