Cultivar

B. ‘Margaret Stevens’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Margaret Stevens’
Originator: Belva Nelson Kusler
Date of Origin: 1968
Publication Date: 1973
Place: Siren, Wi.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Male Parent: B. goegoensis
ABS No: 383
Publication Reference: ABS; B93 d047; B74 a043;
Article References: The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89;
Photo References: Murotani, Begonia in Colour :65. 1983; The Begonian, Dec 1967; Begonias, Misono 1974: 85 (132);

Description: No. 383 - Begonia (B. Lenore Olivier' x B. goegoensis) 'Margaret Stevens' The heavily silver-splotched leaves of this intermediate to tall cane make it a very attractive plant. Originated and first bloomed in 1961, first distributed in 1965, this plant was first published in June 1967 The Begonian 34: 108. Originator: Belva N. Kusler, address above. Leaves are broadly ovate, oblique, apex acute, base cut lobes overlapped, 8 x 6"; margin entire with slight angles at vein ends, weakly undulate; texture chartaceous, glittering; veins palmate, evident, raised oblique to petiole; petioles terete, glabrous, 1 ¾"; one stipule narrowly triangular, other broadly ovate, caducous; forest-green with much silver above; spring-green below. Flowers all 12 months, carmine- rose. Registered Oct. 9, 1973.
Plant Height: Medium