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 Comedian
Begonia Comedian is a rhizomatous type with very dark small to medium leaves. It has a compact habit and is not hard to grow. New Item 2011.
begonia 'Comtesse de Montesquieu'
Begonia 'Comtesse de Montesquieu, properly known as b. chloroneura, is a rhizomatous begonia that has striking leaves with bright red hairs and lime green veins. This plant ha medium leaves and looks great inside or outside.
begonia conchifolia
Begonia conchifolia is a medium sized plant with many medium leaves. It is bright green in color with red at the stem.
begonia 'Concord'
Begonia Concord is a shrub begonia of almost black foliage. It is bushy and almost always flowering. It is very pretty and easy to grow as a house plant or in a summer garden.
begonia Connie Boswell
Begonia 'Connie Boswell' is an upright rhizomatous type with lobed silver, purple and green leaves. It is very beautiful and grows into a lovely mature plant.
begonia Constans
Begonia Constans is new from Japan. It has smaller, spotted leaves and blooms pink flowers.
begonia convolvulacea
Trailing-scandent type with amazingly glossy apple green leaves. Loads of white flowers makes this a stunning basket plant.
begonia Cooks Swirl
Begonia Cooks Swirl is a large rex type with immense silver swirled leaves. A large plant and our most popular rex.
begonia Copper Gold
Begonia Copper Gold is a cane type with large dark leaves with round silver spots. The flowers are orange on a compact well branched plant. It is very nice.
begonia Copper Twist
Begonia Copper Twist is a rhizomatous type with medium leaves that are dark and have a nice spiral. The edge is marked with red hairs on this strong grower.
begonia Coral Sea
Begonia Coral Sea is a cane type with large olive green leaves spotted with silver. It has coral-rose flowers in large clusters on a plant that works well in baskets and stays compact.(Thompson)
Begonia coriacea
Begonia coriacea is a small rhizomatous type. It has bronze/olive, round smooth leaves and is very desirable. It grows well in the greenhouse but might do better in an enclosed situation, like a bowl, in the house. It should not be your first begonia.
begonia Corillina
Begonia 'Corillina' is a very old hybrid with large apple green leaves. It will need to be staked if grown into a large specimen. It has dark pink flowers and has been a staple of begonia growers for a long time.
begonia Corliss Engle
Begonia Corliss Engle is a lovely plant named after a very important person in begonia growing who got me started in begonias many years ago with the Buxton Branch of The ABS in Boston. It has a compact growth habit, slightly spotted leaves and orange flowers.
begonia cornitepala
Begonia cornitepala is a shrub begonia with medium sized leaves. They are green, fuzzy, and reddish on the reverse. This plant is not difficult to grow.
begonia Country Patchwork
Begonia Country Patchwork is a lovely cane type with large leaves with silver spots. It makes a large, but not too tall , mature plant.
begonia 'Cowardly Lion'
Begonia 'Cowardly Lion' is a rhizomatous plant with vigorous growth habits. It has large green leaves with chocolate veins. Easy to grow and a fine specimen plant.
begonia Cracked Ice
Begonia Cracked Ice is a cane with dark green leaves and many, many silver spots. Begonias are hearty and beautiful plants to have in the house or outside during the spring and summer.
begonia Cracklin' Rosie
Begonia Cracklin' Rosie is a cane (or angel wing) type. It has very large beautiful leaves of dark green combined with burgundy. These are splashed with spots. A lovely introduction from Walter Dworkin.
begonia crassicaulis
Begonia crassicaulis is a thick stemmed type plant with lobed leaves of medium green and medium sized. It has many small white flowers and makes an interesting specimen.
begonia Crassicaulis Hybrid
Crassicaulis Hybrid does not lose all leaves when flowering in winter as the species crassicaulis does nor are its leaves cleft enough. It is very pretty though, with a thick stem, maple leaves, and many pink flowers in the dark days of winter.
begonia Crestabruchii
Begonia Crestabruchii is a rhizomatous plant with large substantial leaves of greenish bronze with crested margins. Its flowers are pink and very striking.
begonia cubensis
Begonia cubensis is a species of the shrub type. It has shiny bright green leaves on a multi branched plant with almost everblooming white flowers. It is an easy and charming begonia.
begonia cucullata
Begonia cucullata is a species used in the crosses that gave us the begonia semperflorens type. It is a pretty plant and the form we have has pink flowers. New Item 2014.
begonia Cumbria
Begonia Cumbria is a rex type begonia. The leaves are deep green and spotted. This plant is a unique addition to any collection.
Begonia Cupid's Cup
Begonia Cupid's Cup is a cane or "angel wing" type. It has ruffled edged green leaves of medium size with silver markings. It grows into a thrifty medium sized plant. Another lovely hybrid from Walter Dworkin.
begonia Cupids Curl
Begonia Cupids Curl is a rhizomatous type with a double curl on olive green leaves. It is a very pretty compact plant of medium size with pale pink flowers.
begonia 'Curly Emma'
Rex begonia with a strong spiral on both mature and juvenile leaves. Good strong color with a healthy tight habit.
begonia Curly Q
Begonia Curly Q is an eyelash rhizomatous type. It has bright green leaves with dark green veins throughout the leaves. This plant is easy to grow into a compact pretty plant.
begonia Dade
Begonia Dade is between the shrub and semperflorens types with hairy yet glossy small leaves. It has almost constant pink flowers on a bushy, very easy to grow plant.
begonia Dainty Lady
Begonia 'Dainty Lady' is a rhizomatous type with sharply marked leaves of light green and dark maroon. It is a medium small plant with a neat habit and is not difficult to grow.
begonia Dainty Spray
Begonia Dainty Spray is an easy to grow cane type with pale pink flowers. It has bright green leaves with small spots on an almost trailing plant. It can make a full and graceful basket or pot.