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Genus: Begonia

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There are at least 10,000 hybrids and cultivars recorded in this genus with a massive 1400 species! The showy flowers and often attractively marked leaves encourage breeders to keep on hybridizing these multi-faceted plants.

Most begonias are frost tender and the often large flowers come in many shades of white, pink, scarlet and yellow. In most species the fruit is a winged capsule containing lots of minute seeds. The foliage can be spectacular with silver-green, red, purple, yellow splashes and veins.

The genus and common name honours Michel Bégon, a French patron of botany.



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We have 401 photos of Begonia plants in real gardens

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You can also discover who's growing Begonia.

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Care of Begonia

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bigbumblebee

26 Jul, 2009
Bigbumblebee


Species of Begonia