| Scientific Name: | Begonia x semperflorens cultorum |
| Common Name: | wax begonia, fibrous begonia |
| Family Name: | Begoniaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Succulent, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves green or bronze, succulent, most blades broadly ovate 4-7cm long x 3-6cm wide, margins dentate and ciliate; flowers white, red, or pink, yellow stamens or stigmas. | |