Cultivar
B. ‘Needham’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Needham’
- Originator
- Percy I. Merry
- Date of Origin
- 1953
- Publication Date
- 1965
- Place
- Needham, Ma.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. kenworthyae
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Beatrice Haddrell’
- ABS No
- 221
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B65 a239;
- Article References
- The Begonian (32) Dec 1965, p 239;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Dec 1965;
Plant
- Description
- No. 221 - B. 'Needham.' This is a star rhizomatous -begonia developed by Percy I. Merry in 1953 by crossing B. kenworthyi with one of his earlier cultivars, B. 'Beatrice Haddrell'. It has leaves of dark green irregularly mottled with light green, and light green depressed veins. The underneath is dark red and the edges are serrate and hairy. The pink flowers follow the B. kenworthyi pattern and are in panicles that stand two to three feet above the foliage. This was first shown at the Harvest Show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and has taken its place with B. 'Beatrice Haddrell' as a popular entrant in shows, ever since.
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Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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