B. ‘Joyce Allison’

Begonia ‘Joyce Allison' No. 817-Begonia 'Zulu' x 'Elizabeth Lockhart' 'Joyce Allison' Cane-like, Superba type, with vigorous 4' stems. Leaves, 10" long, are glabrous and shiny deep green with faint white splashes between the 5 green veins above, the veins faintly ted underneath; the wavy red margin is three-lobed on one side and one-lobed on the other. Petioles are green; stipules slightly red. Slightly salmon pink flowers, 1)4" across, hang in full showy trusses on reddish, 2"-3" peduncles nearly all year, but more abundantly in summer. Male flowers are 2-tepaled; females 5 with 2 tepals wider than the other 3. The seed parent is not the Tuberhybrida cultivar named B. 'Zulu', but is shrub-like. Originated in 1974 by Hazel Burley, 191 Simpson Road, Bardon, Brisbane 4065, Australia; first bloomed in 1975; first distributed in 1976. Tested by Bernard Yorke of Brisbane and Mickey Meyer of Lathra, Australia. Registered March 27, 1980.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
• Origin: Asia, Australia
• Originator: Hazel Burley
• Date of Origin: 1974