Cultivar

B. ‘Digswelliana’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Digswelliana’
Originator: W. Early
Date of Origin: 1865
Place: England
Country: UK
Region: Europe
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. foliosa var. miniata
Male Parent: B. semperflorens
Synonyms and Comments: Another reference lists B. odorata as the female parent and B. foliosa var. miniata as the male parent.
Publication Reference: N;B96 r178; BUTR

Plant

Plant Habit: Biushy, drooping branches

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. foliosa var. miniata

Male parent

B. semperflorens

Another reference lists B. odorata as the female parent and B. foliosa var. miniata as the male parent.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Digswelliana’

Another reference lists B. odorata as the female parent and B. foliosa var. miniata as the male parent.

Female parent

B. foliosa var. miniata

multiflora B entham, Pl. Hartw. :185. 1845. ; fuchsioides W. J. Hooker. 1847. ; miniata Planchon & Linden, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. I 8:105, pl. 787. 1853 . ; putzeysiana A. de Candolle. 1859. ; fuchsioides W. J. Hooker var. miniata A. de Candolle. 1864. ; floribunda Carri è re, Rev. Hortic. 47:420. 1875, non Tsue-Chih Ku. 1997. ; fuchsioides W. J. Hooker f. miniata (Planchon) Voss. 1894. ; fuchsioides W. J. Hooker var. floribunda (Carri è re) Irmscher. 1960.

Male parent

B. semperflorens

B. cucullata Willdenow var. cucullata, 1805;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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