Scientific Name: Begonia x hybrida
Common Name: Dragon Wing begonia
Family Name: Begoniaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Succulent, Glabrous, Ovate, Other, Crenate, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Key ID Features:
Leaves highly variable, most blades asymmetrical, ovate to orbicular, and some are palmately lobed, 8-10cm long x 7-9mm wide; male flowers (2 petals) and female flowers (5 petals) on same plant that both droop.