Cultivar

B. ‘Annan Blush’

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Annan Blush’
Originator: Ross Bolwell
Date of Origin: 1987
Publication Date: 2000
Place: Annangrove, NSW.
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. malabarica var. malabarica
Male Parent: B. radicans
Publication Reference: RBL

Plant

Description: Sub-shrub with both upright and lax stems forming a mounded shape with pink flowers in summer
Growth Type: Shrubby
Growth Rate: Fast in growing season
Plant Habit: Mounding
Plant Spread: 750 mm
Plant Height: 750 mm
Stem Type: Thin and basal
Stem Habit: Freely branching
Sun Tolerance: Takes morning sun
Plant Hardiness: 0°c, no frost, tolerates heat
Pests Diseases: Despite radicans parentage, still prone to powdery mildew

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. malabarica var. malabarica

Male parent

B. radicans

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Annan Blush’

Female parent

B. malabarica var. malabarica

Etymology: after the historical name for India’s southwest historical name; B. fallax; B. malabarica Lamarck var. rheedii A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:656. 1879; B.rubrosetulosa A. de Candolle. 1864;

Male parent

B. radicans

B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 118:pl. 7219. 1892.; B. procumbens Vellozo,Fl. Flum. icon. 10:pl. 36. “1827". 1831.; B. limminghei Pynaert, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 1:259, pl. 1875.; B. limmingheana Morren, Belgique Hort. 16:21, pls. 3–4. 1866.; B. liminghi hort. Wein. Ill. Garten–Zeit, 10:426, pl. 1885.; B. dubia Vellozo, Fl. Flum. icon. 10: pl. 42. “1827" . 1831, nomen nudum.; descr. Arch. Mus. Nat. Rio de Janeiro 5:405. 1881, non Haworth. 1819.; B. sandersii hort. Kew ex A. de Candolle.1864.; B. fritz-muelleri Brade,Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro Bot. n.s. 1:12, pl. 3. 1944.; B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker var. scandens hort. ex fotsch,1933.; B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker. var. splendens hort. ex Fotsch,1933.; B. coccinea W. J. Hooker var. A. de Liming Regel, Gartenflora 17:194. 1868.; B. coccinea W. J. Hooker var. Comte Alfred de Limering Regel, Gartenflora 17:191, pl. 584.1868.; B. limminghei hort ex Gentil, Pl. Cult. Serres Jard, Bot. Brux. : 33. 1907, non visus.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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