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Shrub-Like Begonias
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
| Shrub-like Begonias are frost-tender,
evergreen, multi-stemmed, usually free branching, bushy perennials, with
flexible, often hairy, erect or pendulous stems. Leaves may be either
hairy or smooth, and up to 6in (15cm) across and 4-12in (10-30cm) long.
The single flowers come in shades of pink, cream or white.
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Begonia. foliosa
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Form: An
evergreen, shrub-like begonia having erect to arching stems.
Frost Tender:
Height: 12-20in (30-50cm)
Spread: 12-14in (30-35cm)
Foliage: Having toothed, oval, dark-green leaves 0.5in (1cm)
long.
Flowers: In Spring and Autumn, producing very small, single, white
flowers.
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Begonia.
foliosa
var miniata
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See: Begonia.
fuchsioides
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Begonia.
fuchsioides
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Syn: Begonia.
foliosa var miniata
Form: An evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 4ft (1.2m)
Spread: 1ft (30cm)
Foliage: Having numerous, toothed, oval, dark-green leaves 1.5in
(4cm) long.
Flowers: During Winter producing pendant, single, bright-red blooms.
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Begonia. haageana
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See: Begonia.
scharffii
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Begonia. ingramii
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Form: An
evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 28in (70cm)
Spread: 18in (45cm)
Foliage: Having toothed, elliptical, bright-green leaves, 3in
(8cm) long
Flowers: From Spring to Autumn intermittently producing, an
abundance of single pink blossoms on spreading branches.
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Begonia. metallica
[The metal leaf begonia]
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Form: An
evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 20in-4ft (50cm-1.2m)
Spread: 18in (45cm)
Foliage: Having white haired stems, carrying silver-haired, toothed,
oval, bronze-green leaves 7in (18cm) with dark-green veining and a
red underside.
Flowers: From Summer to Autumn, producing single, pink, flowers
having red bristles.
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Begonia. olsoniae
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Form: A
compact, evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 9-12in (23-30cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm)
Foliage: Having rounded, satiny, bronze-green leaves, with
creamy-green veins.
Flowers: All year round, producing single, very pale-pink, blooms,
on arching 12in (30cm) long stems.
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Begonia. scharffii
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Syn: Begonia.
haageana
Form: An evergreen, shrub-like begonia, with stems that are
often covered in white hairs..
Frost Tender:
Height: 2-4ft (60cm-1.2m)
Spread: 2ft (60cm)
Foliage: Having oval, fine-haired, dark metallic-green leaves
11in (28cm) long, with very tapered tips, and reddish-green undersides.
Flowers: From Autumn through to Summer, produces single,
pinkish-white flowers with pink beards.
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Begonia. serratipetala
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Form: A
trailing, evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 18in (45cm)
Spread: 18in (45cm)
Foliage: Having highly serrated, obliquely oval, bronze-green
leaves with raised deep-pink spotting
Flowers: Throughout the year, intermittently producing mostly
female, single, deep-pink blooms.
Prefers: 60% relative humidity and dry roots.
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Begonia.
'Thurstonii'
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Form: An
evergreen, shrub-like begonia.
Frost Tender:
Height: 4ft (1.2m)
Spread: 18in (45cm)
Foliage: Having rounded to oval, smooth, glossy, bronze-green
leaves, with dark-red veining.
Flowers: During Summer, producing single, pink flowers
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Cultivation: -
In cool climates grow
under glass, in good light, and moist but well-drained soil.
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Propagation: -
Sow seed in late Winter
or early Spring at 70oF (21oC)
Take stem cuttings
in Spring or Summer.
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Frost Tender
Minimum temperature 45oF
(7oC)
Pests & Diseases: - Susceptible
to powdery mildew, botrytis and whitefly.
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