Brad Thompson Hybrids

Distinctive Foliage Shrubs
and Shrub-Like Begonias

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Unless noted otherwise, there is a maximum limit of 3 for each kind of plant, but order as many different varieties as you wish. We grow many different plants, but we don't grow a lot of any one kind.

Distinctive Foliage Shrubs: These varieties are hybrids between begonias of different types of begonias but grow full and upright like the shrub-like begonias. They are ever blooming but branch from the same nodes from which they bloom.
	Begonia 'Antique Rose' Code: 69199 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Full growing upright to 12 inches. Leaves are dark green with an overlay of gray/silver. Ever-blooming with rose colored flowers. Very showy, compact, and easy to grow. First time offered for sale. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Apple Blossom Surprise' Code: 69201 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Full growing upright to 12 inches. Leaves are dark green with silver speckles. Ever-blooming with pink flowers that have red and green ovaries. Easy to grow, compact. First time offered for sale. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'San Pebbles' Code: 69202 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Mallet type hybrid with rosy bronze leaves with silver spots and red stems. Flowers are dark pink. Easy to grow, can get very large. First time for sale. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Silver Darling' Code: 69203 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Mallet type hybrid with large light green leaves with white spots. Pink flowers. Very vigorous and easy to grow. Grows taller than most mallets. First time for sale. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Snow Palace' Code: 69253 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Hybrid between a cane and a shrub begonia, grows like a shrub but has white/silver cane leaves. Leaves are small lightly lobed with dark green to maroon veins between the silver splashes. Stems are red. Flowers are dark dusky rose. Has an unusual trait in that it can branch from every leaf node, even nodes that previous had a bloom, making all cuttings good cuttings. Easy to grow, compact and full growing to 18 inches. Not widely circulated. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Starfire Code: 69204 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Full growing upright to 12 inches. Leaves are dark green with silver speckles. Flowers and stems are dark rose red and showy. Easy to grow and compact. First time offered for sale. (Thompson)
Shrub-Like Begonias:
	Begonia '62 Grand' Code: 69303 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
A mixture of types but grows like a small shrub begonia. Leaves have the pinkish bumps and coloring of Begonia U062. Leaves are small on a bushy low growing plant. Flowers are dark pink. Very showy makes a nice basket or low growing potted plant. Could be considered a mallet type. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Airy Elf' Code: 69304 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
A small growing tuberous begonia with small frilly green leaves and dark pink flowers. Can be allowed to go dormant in winter but can also be kept growing year round if grown under lights or if kept in good light in warm conditions. Easy to grow, makes a cute basket. Small tubers multiply every year. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Baby Grand' Code: 69305 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Small growing shrub begonia. Sister plant to '62 Grand' but differs in that the leaves are cupped solid colored and nearly black. Flowers also dark pink. Very full growing, small and compact. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Chiquita Rosa' Code: 69256 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing to 1 foot tall, full and wide. Similar to Begonia foliosa, without its tall upright growing habit. This plant stays small and compact and also blooms much more profusely. It's other parent gave it the compact full growing habit. Flowers are small with red ovaries with pink and white tepals (petals). Leaves are small, oval serrated, like foliosa. Makes a great basket or small potted plant. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Cimarron' Code: 69205 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Large growing and full upright. Leaves are eight inches long, dark bronzy green with a hint of Begonia listada's green stripe down the center. Flowers are dark rose pink held in upright clusters in summer. Showy even out of bloom. Easy to grow, makes a nice specimen plant. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Emerald Glow' Code: 69206 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Full growing, compact upright to 18 inches but can be kept shorter. Leaves are cupped bright glowing green, medium sized with light hairiness and textured. Flowers in summer with upright clusters of bright pink flowers on long stems. Easy to grow, very full growing, and very showy even out of bloom. Makes a nice specimen plant. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Emerald King' Code: 69207 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing to 2 feet but grows full. Leaves are a dark emerald green, lobed and lightly hairy with deep veins. Leaves can get very large. Flowers are dark pink clusters on tall spikes in Summer. Very showy even out of bloom and make a great specimen plant. Easy to grow. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Emerald Maiden' Code: 69208 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing to 2 feet. Leaves are very large to 12 inches, rounded at top and pointed at the bottom. Leaves are heavily textured and a glowing green color with dark green/maroon veining. Flowers are soft pink, large and fuzzy on long stems in summer. Showy and unusual specimen plant even out of bloom. Easy to grow and full growing, making a large specimen. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Fairy Wings' Code: 69247 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Hybrid caudex forming begonia, upright to 12 inches. Leaves are spotted like Begonia dregei 'Glasgow' but are wider and more cleft. Nearly everblooming and easy to grow with pure white flowers. Forms a large caudex (swollen tuber like base) with age. Can be trained as bonzai or allowed to grow full and wide. Easy to grow. First time for sale online. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Freda's Folly' Code: 69209 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing to 3 feet but can be shaped to any size. Very full growing and easy to grow. Leaves are bright green, cupped and cleft. Multiple dainty sprays of small white flowers with pink ovaries. Makes an easy specimen plant. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Gary Hunt' Code: 69210 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Full and upright growing to 2 feet. Leaves are triangle shaped, cupped and fuzzy, dark maroon/green with narrow yellowish stripe down the center. Flowers are medium pink and fuzzy on upright stems, mostly in summer. Showy even out of bloom and easy to grow. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Lady Brown' Code: 69211 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Tall growing upright to 3 feet. Large brown leaves, lightly fuzzy, deeply lobed. Beautiful clusters of pale pink flowers with peach ovaries. Easy to grow, makes a beautiful specimen plant. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Last Tango' Code: 69212 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Sprawling upright plant to 2 feet. Small dark green oval leaves that come to a point. Profuse flowers from Spring to Fall (outdoors) that are upright spikes of rose/red clusters. Easy to grow. First time offered for sale. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Little Antique White' Code: 69213 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Similar to Emerald Glow but smaller growing and smaller leaves. Very compact and full growing with the same textured glowing green leaves. Cute upright spikes of antique white flowers in Spring or Summer. Showy even out of bloom, makes a nice compact specimen plant. First time offered for sale. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Little Frosty' Code: 69306 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing shrub of mixed parentage, could be considered a mallet. Leaves are small and cupped with a pointed tip, bright light green with white textured speckles over entire surface. Bright light pink flowers, nearly everblooming. Compact, full and easy to grow, makes a cute potted plant or could be grown into a basket. Very showy. First time offered for sale online. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Mike Flaherty' Code: 69214 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Tall upright growing to 3 feet. Leaves are dark chocolate brown. Leaves are large and deeply cleft, and fuzzy. Flowers are beautiful clusters of light pink flowers with peach ovaries. Easy to grow, beautiful and unusual specimen plant. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Mini Wings' Code: 69215 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Mounding habit to 18 inches but can be kept smaller with shaping. Similar to popular Begonia 'Christmas Candy' and other new commercial plants but leaves are smaller, plant is more compact and full growing and flowers are dusky rose/red. Also not mildew prone like the other hybrids can be. Ever-blooming. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'O'Flaherty's Folly' Code: 69307 Price: $8.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium to tall growing shrub begonia. Leaves are small to medium sized bright green long and narrow with a serrated edge. Flowers are held in upright clusters and are white with pink ovaries on female flowers. Female flowers are spicy scented. Can be grown as an upright or pruned and trained as a basket. Nearly everblooming. Very easy to grow. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Pastel Princess' Code: 69216 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing to 3 feet but can be shaped to any size. Grows very full at any size. Specimen plants are very elegant looking. Leaves are medium sized metallic olive green with reddish stems. Flowers are light pastel pink and fuzzy in ball clusters. Very showy in or out of bloom. Can be ever-blooming or bloom any time of year with enough light. Very easy to grow. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Thompson's Folly' Code: 69217 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Upright growing 2 to 3 feet. Leaves are oddly lobed bright green and medium sized. Nearly ever-blooming with dainty sprays of white flowers with dark pink ovaries. Makes a nice full specimen plant. Easy to grow. (Thompson)
	Begonia 'Tinkerbell' Code: 69308 Price: $8.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
New semp/shrub type begonia. Bears some resemblance to Begonia fischeri but is actually a tamer hybrid of Begonia schmidtiana. Compact, full growing and ever blooming with bright pink flowers. Small round pleated green leaves. Quickly makes a full plant. Very cute plant, makes a great basket. Doesn't reseed itself like the species. Easy to grow. (Thompson)