Cultivar
B. ‘Senator’ series’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Senator’ series’
- Originator
- Sakata
- Place
- Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Semperflorens
- Synonyms and Comments
- Bedding Begonia
- Publication Reference
- http://www.sakataornamentals.com/plantname/Begonia-Senator
- Article References
- http://www.sakataornamentals.com/plantname/Begonia-Senator
Plant
- Description
- Senator Begonia is the bronze leaf counterpart to our green leaf Ambassador series. Senator's bronze foliage contrasts beautifully with the vivid flowers. The pack production of Senator, like that of Ambassador, is a proven outstanding performance. Both Senator and Ambassador are reliable substitutes for shade impatiens if downy mildew is a problem. Current colors in the series are Bicolor, Deep Rose, Pink, Rose, Scarlet, and White.
- Growth Type
- upright
- Growth Rate
- fast
- Plant Habit
- Compact and bushy
- Plant Spread
- Small
- Plant Height
- Very Low <25cm
- Stem Type
- Erect and succulent
- Stem Habit
- Well Branched
- Other Features
- Landscape plant
- Internodal Distance
- 1 cm
- Sun Tolerance
- sun to bright shade
- Plant Hardiness
- tender
- Pests Diseases
- stem, leaf, and root rots, powdery mildew
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Bedding Begonia
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Propagation Method
- Seed produced, sold as pelleted seed.
- Cultural Requirements
- http://www.sakataornamentals.com/_ccLib/attachments/plants/Begonia+semperflorens-0315-SAKATA.pdf
- Comments
- As with all commercial series the individual colors change or are improved on a continual basis. An entire series may disappear if sufficient improvements are made in a new line of genetics and when the company removes a series from the market they also clear as much old information about the series from any web based sources. They do this to avoid confusing their customer, nothing nefarious, but it makes it difficult to see changes in series over time, so this entry is merely a place marker showing the series at this point in time 2015.