Hardy Begonia (begonia Grandis)
Grandis GRAN-dees Info Synonym. The flowers are pink or white borne in dichotomously branching cymes from late summer through fall in USDA US. Begonia Grandis Begonia Plants Perennial Garden Name Begonia grandis Common names hardy begonia perennial begonia Evans begonia Family Begoniaceae. Hardy begonia (begonia grandis) . Begonia grandis hardy begonia in Bluebell Woods. The plant with rather sturdy stems and a solid abaxial leaf pigmentation of broadly oval leaves invariably found under the name Evansiana is Begonia grandis ssp. Begoniaceae is a large flowering plant family the new Latin name of which honors Michael Begon 1638-1710 governor of French Canada with about 1500 different species and hundreds of hybrids. This truly is the hardiest species in a huge but mostly tropical and subtropical genus going dormant in the winter and able to survive freezing temperatures into zone 6. Take basal or stem cuttings in spring. It is smaller and paler leaf and flower than B. ...