B. ‘Margaritacea’

metallic rose leaves, red under. Bright pink flowers are produced liberally most of the year. Veitch’s' Catalog. of PI. 1895, p. 2, fig. p. 4. A hybrid foliage Begonia raised at Chelsea, with leaves of a deep bronzy-green ground color covered with irregular silver-rose spots and blotches, and numerous short crimson hairs. The leaves, of the usual oblique form, are toothed along the margin; the under surface is of a glossy vinous-red.

Like the metallic-purple leaves of Arthur Mallet. Lower growing than the latter. Blooming freely with pink flowers. Also written as B. 'Margueritacea'

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Cane-like - Mallet
• Origin: Europe, England, UK
• Originator: James Veitch and Sons
• Date of Origin: 1883