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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. |