(Hilo Holiday Rex Begonia, Rex Begonia)

Rex begonias in the Great American Cities™ Series are colorful, compact, heat- and salt-tolerant, and reliably evergreen. The cultivar 'Hilo Holiday' displays bright red leaves with dark green to maroon, white-flecked edges and maroon veins. It is a chance seedling selected by James Lawrence Booman of Vista, California, in 1995.

Modern Rex begonias are complex hybrids that derive from crosses between the Southeast Asian native Begonia rex and other rhizomatous begonias. Cultivars in...

(Begonia, Holley Moon Begonia, Rhizomatous Begonia)

Large but irregularly round foliage of 'Holley Moon' is pretty year round in frost-free gardens, but the seasonal splendor of its tall stems of white flowers isn't realized until late winter and early spring. A hybrid rhizomatous begonia, it was created in 2002 by the crossing of the waterlily begonia (Begonia nelumbiifolia) with Begonia carrieae. It becomes a mounding clump of foliage spreading by its thick, crawling rhizomes (underground stems).

The large, bright medium green...

(Houston Fiesta Rex Begonia, Rex Begonia)

Rex begonias in the Great American Cities™ Series are colorful, compact, heat- and salt-tolerant, and reliably evergreen. The cultivar 'Houston Fiesta' displays bright green, silver-flecked leaves with rose-pink centers and maroon veins. It is a chance seedling selected by James Lawrence Booman of Vista, California, in 1995.

Modern Rex begonias are complex hybrids that derive from crosses between the Southeast Asian native Begonia rex and other rhizomatous begonias. Cultivars in the...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, peachy orange-gold blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Apricot tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These extravagant flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn, and are set among...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, bright reddish orange blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Orange tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. Its extravagant flowers are often single or semi-double (having an extra row of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn, and...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, light yellow to salmon-peach blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Peaches 'N Cream tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These color-changing flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn,...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, deep rosy magenta blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Rose tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These extravagant flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn, and are set among open,...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, rosy pink blossoms fade to pale salmon on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Salmon Pink tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These extravagant flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals), first rosy pink and aging to pale salmon. They...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, vivid red blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination Scarlet tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These extravagant flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn, and are set among open, succulent,...

(Tuberous Begonia)

Big, pendent, white blossoms on a bushy, cascading plant with deep green foliage perfect for hanging baskets describes the Illumination White tuberous begonia. This plant belongs to the Tuberhybrida Group, a collection of begonias derived from mountain-growing species native to the South American Andes. Plants arise from winter-dormant root tubers. These extravagant flowers are often double (having extra rows of petals). They are produced in summer to mid-autumn, and are set among open, succulent,...