Botanical Plant Archive
Documenting over 1,770 cultivars cultivated on the shores of Lake Erie since 1989. Filter by signature collection, search by variety, or view current ready-to-ship stock.
begonia Darling Clementine
Begonia Darling Clementine is a begonia hybrid introduced by Walt Dworkin. The large leaves are beautifully angular, dark green and decorated with white spots.
begonia Debbie Davenport
Begonia Debbie Davenport is a large growing 'Angel Wing' type with spotted large leaves. A strong grower, it has big pink beautiful flowers and can make a tall plant.
begonia Deco Checks
Begonia Deco Checks is our favorite new rhizomatous type. It has very distinctive markings and is easy to grow into a medium sized plant. NEW 2012.
begonia Deco Daddy
Begonia Deco Daddy is a rhizomatous type plant. Its leaves are light green with striking purple veins like decorating the leaves, Be careful not to over water.
begonia Deco Raspberry
Begonia Deco Raspberry is an eyelash rhizomatous type. It has dark raspberry colored leaves. This plant is easy to grow into a compact pretty plant.
begonia Deco Rex
Begonia Deco Rex has dark green leaves with decorative silver splotches. Be careful not to over water. It has HUGE leaves and is an easy begonia to grow.
begonia Deja Thorus
Begonia 'Deja Thorus' is a medium small rhizomatous type with shiny silver/pink leaves. It's name is cleverly referring to a character in the H.G.Wells martian series. It is a unusual and pretty plant.
begonia 'Denver Lace'
Begonia 'Denver Lace' is a rex begonia with green, silver, pink, and chocolate colored leaves. It is a neat grower and makes a good windowsill specimen.
begonia descoleana
Begonia descoleana is a shrub type. It is from Brazil and has white flowers on a plant with shiny bright green leaves.
begonia 'Dew Drop'
Rex begonia of large size with large leaves of silver, pink, and emerald green. It makes a large adult plant of graceful appearance.
begonia Di-erna
Begonia Di-erna is a cane with medium sized dark green leaves. The flowers blossom light pink on a freely branching plant of medium size.
begonia dietrichiana
b. dietrichiana is a shrub type with small, bare leaves and many white flowers. Easy to grow and bushy in habit.
begonia Digswelliana
Begonia Digswelliana is a shrub type begonia that is almost everflowering with red flowers. The leaves have a slight red edge on a bushy, simple to grow plant.
begonia Dolly
Begonia 'Dolly' is a large cane/angel wing type. It has large dark olive green leaves on sturdy, tall upright canes. Its flowers are deep pink and on a large cluster. (Nuss)
begonia domingensis
Begonia domingensis is a shrub type with smooth bright green small leaves. It is a freely branching medium sized plant with fragrant pink flowers. Easy to grow if not overwatered.
begonia Don Englund
Begonia Don Englund is a shrub type with large silver fuzzed leaves. It has fragrant white flowers on a thrifty growing plant.
begonia Doublet Pink
Begonia Doublet Pink is a semperflorens, or wax, type with dark shiny burgundy-green leaves and strong pink fully double flowers. It is easy to grow and very pretty.
begonia Doublet Red
Begonia Doublet Red is a semperflorens, or wax, type with dark shiny burgundy-green leaves and deep red fully double flowers. It is easy to grow and very pretty.
begonia Doublet Rose
Begonia Doublet Rose is a semperflorens, or wax type. It has dark green leaves and double red flowers on a compact plant.
begonia Doublet White
Begonia Doublet White is a semperflorens, or wax, type with dark shiny burgundy-green leaves and crisp white fully double flowers. It is easy to grow and very pretty.
begonia Dragons Blood
Begonia Dragons Blood is a rhizomatous plant with olive green leaves of medium size with a red tinge. The new leaves are more reddish. It is a small to medium plant that is not difficult to grow.
begonia Dragon Wing Baby Pink
Begonia Dragon Wing Baby Pink is one of the new and very popular cane/semperflorens type hybrids. The Baby varieties are dwarf, well branched and everblooming. They are very easy and pretty. This plant has green leaves and many pink flowers.
begonia Dragon Wing Baby White with Bronze Leaf
Begonia Dragon Wing Baby White with Bronze Leaf is a cane/semperflorens begonia with a very vigorous, bushy habit. It is very free flowering. It has bronze leaves and white flowers.
Begonia Dragon Wing Babywing Bicolor
Begonia Dragon Wing Baby Bicolor is one of the new and very popular cane/semperflorens type hybrids. It has green leaves and white flowers with a red edge. The Baby varieties are dwarf, well branched and everblooming. They are very easy and pretty. This plant has green leaves and many white/red flowers.
Begonia Dragon Wing Babywing Red
Begonia Dragon Wing Baby Red is one of the new and very popular cane/semperflorens type hybrids. It has green leaves and red flowers. The Baby varieties are dwarf, well branched and everblooming. They are very easy and pretty. This plant has green leaves and many red flowers.
begonia Dragon Wing Dwarf White
Begonia Dragon Wing Baby White is one of the new and very popular cane/semperflorens type hybrids. It has green leaves and white flowers. The Baby varieties are dwarf, well branched and everblooming. They are very easy and pretty. This plant has green leaves and many white flowers.
begonia Dragon Wing Pink
Begonia Dragon Wing Pink is a constant heavy flowering plant with shiny green leaves and large pink flowers. It is very easy to grow inside, or outside in season. It makes great baskets, containers or in ground plantings.
begonia Dragon Wing Red
Begonia Dragon Wing Red is a constant heavy flowering plant with shiny green leaves and large bright red flowers. It is very easy to grow inside, or outside in season. It makes great baskets, containers or in ground plantings.
Begonia Dragon Wing White
begonia Dragon Wing White is a heavy flowering plant with shiny green leaves and large white flowers. It looks stunning in baskets, containers, or in the ground.
begonia Dream Lover
Begonia Dream Lover is a cane species with large dark green/bronze leaves decorated with silver spots. The flowers are large and hot pink. A beautiful Walter Dworkin hybrid.
Begonia Dream Weaver
Begonia 'Dream Weaver' is a cane type with medium large leaves with large silver markings. It is a medium sized sturdy plant that doesn't need staking. It is another wonderful plant hybridized by Walter Dworkin.
begonia dregei
Begonia dregei is an interesting species from South Africa. It is called semi tuberous but it has at its base a water storage mechanism called a caudex. This can be shown to good advantage when it is planted in a bonsai type pot. Also known a one of the 'Maple Leaf ' begonias. Do not overwater.