Cultivar
B. ‘Wild Rose’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Wild Rose’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1939
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Female Parent
- B. baumannii
- Male Parent
- B. 1041
- Publication Reference
- BEG;PHWL
- Article References
- The Begonian (7) February 1940, p. 4.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia ‘Wild Rose’ The well-known explorer, Capt. Kingdon-Ward recently reported finding an unknown Begonia on the borders of Burma, and in South America one or more new species have been found, one of these, as yet unnamed, was discovered in Argentina by the University of California, this having a perfume similar to a rose. Mr. Woodriff has been successful in crossing the new Argentine species with B. baumanni, a Bolivian species introduced in 1890, this latter being extremely fragrant, not unlike the quince. This hybrid, which is tuberous, has been named Wild Rose and is to be introduced as one of the most fragrant of all begonias.
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
1
Female parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Culture
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