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Cathedral begonia is a rare ornamental perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plant. It has cup-like leaves that have thin oval sections that let light through, resembling stained glass windows. The leaves are cup-shaped and wavy-edged, being glossy dark green above and a bronze-burgundy on the underside, and each leaf is held upright on long stems. In betweenRead More

Begonia burkillii an ornamental perennial rhizomatous plant. It has elliptic-shaped leaves with upper surface variegated green and brown with a dark center, hairless or sparsely finely velvet-hairy, underside variegated red and green, margin entire to shallow toothed, tip shortly tapering. It produces white to pink flowers in winter. It has separate male and female flowersRead More

Begonia annulata (Ringed begonia) is rare ornamental perennials rhizomatous herb that grows up to 6-12 inches tall with rootstocks creeping with fibrous roots. It has simple leaves that are opposite, and leaf-stalks are about 5-15 cm long, densely velvet-hairy. The leaves are blade ovate, basifixed, base heart-shaped with lobes almost not overlapping, asymmetric, upper surfaceRead More

Begonia albococcinea is an attractive, evergreen perennial flowering plant. It is a stemless herb with leaves, round, entire, velvet-hairy below, nerves, radiating, leaf-stalk 12 cm long, densely velvet-hairy. It produces lovely white and scarlet flowers. The flowering stems are 14-20 cm long, red, branching, carrying dichotomous cymes 5 cm across and fower-stalks are 1 cmRead More

Begonia acetosa is the most popular evergreen perennial rhizomatous plant that grows up to 30-45 cm tall. It has attractive velvety, cupped leaves that have an olive green on the top and red on the underside. Begonia acetosa produces fragrant white flowers on a reddish axis from March to May. The flowers are followed byRead More

Ming Fern (Asparagus retrofractus) is an evergreen perennial, spreading, tangled shrub. It has a long scrambling-climbing, light-grey, zig-zagged unique stems and the bases of the stems are erect, thick and silver-colored. The tips of the stems and the outer branches are slender, silver and zig-zagged. It lacks spines on its outer (final) branches but sometimesRead More

Tree of Love (Aichryson laxum) is the most popular flowering, semi-succulent annual plant that grows up to 40 cm in height. It has erect stems with many thin, forked branches bear spoon-shaped, dark green or reddish leaves that are covered with soft, short hairs and the leaves are arranged in rosettes at the tip ofRead More

Begonia maculata is a gorgeous ornamental flowering plant. It has dark green leaves that resemble angel’s wings or bat wings and silver dots and the bottom of the leaf is dark red in color. It produces small, rounded fan-shape, white flowers with a small yellow center. Scientific classification: Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Species: B. maculataRead More

Begonia bowerae (Eyelash Begonia) is an attractive, ornamental, bushy, stemless perennial plant that grows up to 8-10 inches tall. It forms a creeping branched rhizome and has small, heart-shaped leaves that are deep emerald green with black edging and with stiff hairs on leaf edges and leaf stalk. The purple-burgundy to nearly black markings mayRead More

Begonia incarnata is a gorgeous, shrublike evergreen perennial flowering plant that grows up to 40 inches tall. It has large, asymmetrical green leaves with a metallic sheen and dark green veins. It produces whitish flowers that are covered with pink hairs. It blooms in Spring and Summer. Scientific classification: Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia Species: B.Read More

Tag: Indoor Plants

Cathedral begonia – Indoor Plants

Begonia burkillii – Indoor Plants

Begonia annulata (Ringed begonia) – Indoor Plants

Begonia albococcinea – Indoor Plants

Begonia acetosa – Indoor Plants

Ming Fern (Asparagus retrofractus) – Indoor Plants

Tree of Love (Aichryson laxum) – Indoor Plants

Begonia maculata – Indoor Plants

Begonia bowerae – Indoor Plants

Begonia incarnata – Indoor Plants