B. ‘Gracilis Luminosa’

B. gracilis luminosa compacta. This is the first dwarf variety of the gracilis type. The plants grow only 5 inches high. They are remarkable for their marvelous scarlet blossoms; Barnard Catalogue, Chicago Ill 1913 EVERBLOOMING BEDDING BEGONIAS The following varieties make splendid bedding plants. Start the seed early. in the house and set out the plants in June. They are of sturdy growth, about a foot high. Desirable for pot plants in the window in winter. B. semperflorens alba. White B. ‘Erfordia’, Delicate rose B. Gracilis Luminosa. Satiny bronzy foliage. Bright scarlet flowers. B. Prima Donna rose colored flowers, fine pot plant B. ‘Vernon’, Orange-scarlet flowers; leaves dark green B. ‘Dwarf Vernon’, fine bedder B. ‘Mignon’, Dwarf, scarlet flowers, green foliage; McGregor Bros. Co., catalogue Springfield, Ohio : 1912. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186265 BEGONIA GRACILIS LUMINOSA - Foliage resembles a little that grand old variety, B. ‘Vernon’, rich glossy green often shaded deep bronze. The flowers are a bright cherry, changing to a clear coral red.
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• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Semperflorens
• Origin: Europe, Germany
• Originator: Ernst Benary
• Date of Origin: 1906