B. ‘Rosy Morn’

Brilliant New Miniatures By HELEN K. KRAUSS Ch. Nomenclature Fibrous Div., C.M.K. Res. Dept. Wynnewood, PA. A new strain of brilliant miniature Rexes, developed at the Lewis Begonia Gardens by crossing a variety of Rex with a B. macbethii seedling (syn B dregei), will probably be available for distribution within another year. For sheer brilliance, these reigns supreme. There are many variations of opalescent color combinations and marking~ and all are ravishingly beautiful. Their habit of growth is similar" to the Rex type. The leaves are held erect on stems of varying lengths bringing almost all of them into view. The individual plants suggest the various aspects of the changing colors of a brilliant sunset. The three named seedlings, at the height of their second year of growth last March are as follows: Rosy Morn is the smallest leaved Begonia of the group. The leaves approach a rounder form than the others and appear lightly poised on somewhat longer, erect stems than those described above. Although a brilliantly colored Rex, it suggests the early morning rising sun rather than the intense colors of a brilliant setting sun. The only vivid color is that of the bright, iridescent rose at the center of the new leaves on the shorter stems at the inner radius of the plant from which the pastel shades of rose, green and violet radiate outward. The effect of an early sunrise is further suggested by the hazier pastel shades of the older leaves at the outer radius of the plant.
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• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
• Origin: America, USA
• Originator: Helen Lewis
• Date of Origin: 1943