Cultivar
B. ‘Connee Boswell’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Connee Boswell’
- Originator
- Martin Johnson
- Date of Origin
- 1978
- Publication Date
- 1985
- Place
- Redwood City, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous - upright jointed
- Female Parent
- B. palmata var. palmata
- Male Parent
- B. diadema
- Synonyms and Comments
- Conee Boswell; Connie Boswell
- ABS No
- 881
- Publication Reference
- Beg. 67:185. 2000; Beg. 52:64. 1985; BL01 10ap09
Plant
- Description
- Forms an upright mounded plant with very colouful leaves and a bonus of rich pink flowers in early winter.
- Growth Rate
- Fast in the growing season
- Plant Habit
- Forms a good shape
- Plant Spread
- 600 mm
- Plant Height
- 600 mm
- Stem Type
- Underground rhizome with erect stems
- Stem Habit
- Erect stems thin with swollen nodes
- Sun Tolerance
- Morning sun
- Plant Hardiness
- -2°c, no frost, tolerates up to 40°c
- Pests Diseases
- Fairly resistant to powdery mildew
Lineage
21 descendants
Ancestry tree
Descendants
21 recorded children
As female parent
21
Male parent: B. unidentified cv.
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. ‘Deco Delight’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Male parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Male parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Spotted’
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Spotted’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Spotted’
Male parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Spotted’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
Male parent: B. Un-named rex cv.
Male parent: B. ‘Cynthia Bishop’
Male parent: B. ‘Cynthia Bishop’
Male parent: B. ‘Charles Jaros’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
- Propagation Method
- Leaf petiole cuttings, leaf wedge cuttings, stem cuttings
- Cultural Requirements
- More difficult than B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’ but with care adapts well to containers and is ivery good in ground. Fertilise 3/4 strength of manufacturers suggested rate, let it become slightly dry between waterings.
- Comments
- Superb begonia with lovely colour in the bold leaves. Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden. Very successful outside in-ground through North Western Sydney winters. RB.