B. ‘Donald Lewis’

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 arc as follows: Donald Lewis has leaves about an inch smaller than Linda Lewis but are more oval in outline. The center of the leaf is of the same vivid rose which is surrounded by the lighter tones of Nile and pea greens. These colors in turn are bordered by a narrow margin of cocoa brown.
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• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
• Origin: America, USA
• Originator: Helen Lewis
• Date of Origin: 1943 c.