Cultivar
B. ‘Zip Code’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Zip Code’
- Originator
- Bob Cole
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Place
- Reseda, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Bow-Nigra’
- Male Parent
- B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
- ABS No
- 552
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B77 a079
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) March 1977, p. 79-80.
Plant
- Description
- No. 552 - Begonia (B. 'Bow Nigra' X B. conchifolia 'Zip') 'Zip Code' With a black-brown margin, green blotching, and green nerves disappearing in dark color, the peltate leaf of this rhizomatous plant has a red center-circle, with a green dot; margin of the 3 ½ x 4" leaf is undulate to ruffled; texture smooth; 7-nerved; petioles 6-8". Blooms in spring, 4-petaled, pinkish-white. Developed by Bob Cole of The Plant Shop's Botanical Gardens (address above) in 1973; first bloomed in 1975 and distributed in 1976. Tested by Paul Lee, San Diego. Registered September 3, 1976,
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Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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