Cultivar

B. ‘Fireworks’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Fireworks’
Originator: Michael J. Kartuz
Date of Origin: 1976
Publication Date: 2000
Place: Wilmington, MA.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. cathayana
Male Parent: B. ‘rex cv.’
Publication Reference: LOG;B85 d056;B95 r191
Article References: B 76 2009 226
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :79. 1980;

Plant

Description: This prize winning Kartuz rex begonia hybrid has received world wide recognition. Silver and purple radiate from black centers. Red plush underneath.
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. cathayana

Male parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Fireworks’

Female parent

B. cathayana

Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;

Male parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Harmony’s Fire Woman’

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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