B. 'Splendida Argentea'

Splendida Argentea – Leaves large of a greyish hue, veined with white and tinged with bronze-red, very beautiful. A very ornamental plant, with large elegantly-marked leaves, obliquely heart-shaped; their entire surface, except that traversed by the veins, is of an unbroken silvery green, richly-tinted or bronzed with an under coppery crimson hue, deepening towards the margin, and sprinkled over with short crimson velvety hairs. The underside is of a uniform rich crimson, with strong veins set with crimson hairs. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. V.26 1860 pg 131-136. Listed as Rex cultorum but parentage suggests otherwise.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Origin: Europe, France
• Originator: Van Houtte
• Date of Origin: 1861