Medium to Large Leafed
Rhizomatous Begonias
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The largest group of begonias are the rhizomatous, possibly over 700 species, mostly from Central and South America. Most of the rhizomatous begonias from Asia and Africa are classified as distinctive foliage varieties.


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	Begonia 'Angel Glow' Code: 90089 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Fantastic new rhizomatous begonia from Australia with medium sized deep coppery red leaves, ruffled and spiraled.
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	Begonia 'Black Adder' Code: 69321 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium growing rhizomatous. Leaves are medium sized nearly black and deeply lobed. Very full and low growing, makes a very full specimen plant. Part of the Snake series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Boyfriend' Code: 90507 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - An older small to medium leaved rhizomatous hybrid from Japan, but first time offered by Kartuz Greenhouses. It has been circulating for years but was forgotten until recently when it was rediscovered by growers. An obvious Begonia conchifolia hybrid with its prominent red eyes and roundish cupped leaves. Unlike its parent it has striking coloration of dark bronze with prominent stripes along the veins and sparse hairs. Leaves are lightly lobed and serrated. Many pink flowers in spring. Easy to grow and very compact. A charming plant to collect. (Misano)
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	Begonia 'Bunny Hug' Code: 90062 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium sized silver, textured, sparsely hairy leaves with a slight pink hue. White flowers on long petioles in spring. Very full growing and much easier to grow than many of the silver rhizomatous. Quickly makes a great specimen plant. First time offered for sale. (Worley)
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	Begonia 'Burnt Sienna' Code: 90510 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Leaves are star shaped with a serrated hairy edge and though the color varies with light conditions it is basically a beautiful burnt sienna color. It also has a prominent eye in the center with radiating red veins. Compact, full growing, and very showy. Added bonus of unusual dark hot pink flowers in spring that are very eye catching. A great plant for the begonia collector. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Careless Whisper' Code: 20346 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large wavy double spiraled olive-green leaves, red stems, white flowers. Best new introduction (2000 American Begonia Society Convention). (Sytch)
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	Begonia 'Caribbean Prince' Code: 20378 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Light green leaves with a rhizomatous growth habit. This easy, vigorous grower makes a full compact plant and an outstanding hanging basket. (Anderson)
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	Begonia 'Carmel Browne' Code: 90519 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Carmel Browne's leaves have many pointed stars, cleft with a serrated edge, and are dark green to dark brown depending on light intensity or seasons. But, it is most often brown and has an unusual matte finish. It also has a prominent red eye in the center of each leaf. Easy to grow, stays compact and full. Pink flowers in spring. (Keepin)
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	Begonia 'Cayuga' Code: 20347 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large lobed waxy green leaves with fine dark edge. Tall clusters of light pink flowers. (Kartuz)
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	Begonia 'Checkered Past' Code: 90513 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Roughly round shaped leaves held upright on sturdy hairy petioles. Leaf is green with brown to black checkered markings and sparse hairs, the amount of checking depends on the amount of light, good light means more checks. Leaf has a lazy spiral with irregular lobes and serrated sparsely hairy edge. Very striking coloration, the spiral, size and shape distinguish it from other checked begonias including its parent Begonia 'Deco Checks' which also inspired its name. Spring flowers are interesting with the ovaries being green with dark pink petals. Showy, sturdy, easy to grow and a great addition for the begonia collector. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Chivalry' Code: 20349 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large lobed black leaves shaded green along main veins. Pink flowers are finely dotted pink. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Chuckles' Code: 69260 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low to medium growing rhizomatous. Leaves are medium sized, dark velvety brown, round lightly lobed, undulated. Very full growing, stays compact. Pink flowers in spring. Easy to grow. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Clown Around' Code: 69261 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low to medium growing rhizomatous. Large rounded green leaves with variable reddish dots. Hard to find coloring outside others of this series. Leaves don't really spiral but overlap. Flowers bright light pink. Full and easy growing. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Comedian' Code: 69262 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium to large sized rhizomatous. Black wavy medium sized spiral leaves on long stems that are covered with red hair. Leaf is velvety with a hairy edge. Dark pink flowers in spring. Easy to grow, makes a large specimen plant. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Cowardly Lion' Code: 20350 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large textured yellow-gold spiraled leaves veined and patterned russet brown, compact habit. Sprays of white flowers. (Mounger)
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	Begonia crassicaulis Code: 69334 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium growing upright and sprawling rhizomatous species. Rhizomes are very big and woody with leaves usually at the tips. Defoliates in winter under some growing conditions especially outdoors in temperate climates. Unusual in that it usually blooms profusely with bright pink flowers on the bare rhizome tips and then puts out leaves after the flowering is over. Easy to grow and unusual, can be used as a bonsai but can also grow into a large specimen plant.
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	Begonia 'Curly Cleo' Code: 90493 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Medium to large pale green leaves with dark markings and a pronounced double spiral. Leaves are on very stiff upright hairy petioles. Leaf is double spiraled, deeply cleft, hairy with reddish brown to black markings and a serrated hairy, stitch marked edge. Easy to grow, full and showy. Pink flowers in spring. Our plants stay relatively small and compact but under the right conditions could be a very large spectacular specimen. (Kartuz)
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	Begonia 'Curly Q' Code: 90518 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - 'Curly Q' lives up to its name; leaves corkscrew, spiral, twist and fold. Leaf is roughly heart shaped with shallow scalloped edges and shallow serrations with lazy double spirals. The crisp leaves twist so much that the spirals are very pronounced. Coloration is bright green to golden yellow with dark markings along its veins and edges, which are mirrored on the reverse in red. The backs of the leaves show almost as much interest as the fronts because of the folding and uprightness of the leaves. Compact growing and easy. Pink flowers in spring, but it doesn't need them. An older hybrid but not widely circulated and recently rediscovered. (Caviness)
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	Begonia 'Dark Desire' Code: 69116 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium small leaves with an unusually hairy surface, speckled silvery pink on deep charcoal colored foliage. A very different look. Pink flowers. (Worley) (F, D)
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	Begonia 'Deco Checks' Code: 90109 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium sized dark green leaves with dark black checkering and white center eye. Markings are consistent regardless of light conditions, so won't fade out or change with seasons as do some with similar markings. Leaves are deeply lobed but not quite star-shaped, more rounded. Profuse light pink flowers in spring. Markings are very unusual and distinct. First time offered for sale. Limited supply. (Anderson)
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	Begonia 'Earthtones' Code: 90476 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Small to medium growing rhizomatous. Leaves are medium sized, rounded, slightly lobed, on long straight stiff petioles. Gets its name from the leaf colors which change with the seasons or light conditions and can be any shade from aqua marine to raw umber or even ochre with dark veining and spots. Full growing and compact. Dark hot pink flowers in spring. Easy to grow. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Erythrophylla' Code: 90361 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Beefsteak Begonia, Kidney Begonia). Old-fashioned cultivar with dark green, glossy, round, peltate leaves, red underside. This German cross of Begonia hydrocotylifolia and Begonia manicata was made in 1845, making it one of the earliest hybrids in cultivation. It has been passed down by families for generations, which is the reason it has stayed around for such a long time. Easy.
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	Begonia 'Erythrophylla Helix' Code: 90454 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - This is a sport of Begonia 'Erythrophylla'. Everything is exactly the same as with the old-fashioned cultivar except 'Helix' has pronounced double spiraled leaves. As with its parent, its leaves are dark green and glossy with a red underside.
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	Begonia 'Euphrates' Code: 69117 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large smooth spiraled leaves bordered black, compact habit. Pink flowers. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Fairy Prince' Code: 90514 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Slightly cupped irregular star shaped leaf. Leaf is dark green to bright green depending on light intensity with both dark brown checkering and faint silver spots. Leaf is lobed and serrated and the entire plant is covered in sparse hairs. Each silver spot has a hair in the center. Unknown flower color but its siblings have all bloomed light pink, nearly white, in spring. Leaves are on stiff petioles and the leaves are very crisp but the plant is very sturdy and compact. Would actually make a great hanging basket. Part of the fairytales series.
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	Begonia 'Firefade' Code: 90496 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Medium leaved rhizomatous begonia. Roughly star shaped leaves, lobed with hairy serrated edge. Leaves are dark red to a tawny brown with a fine green edge and darker markings along edge. New leaves have a red eye and radiating red veins that fade to white eyes with light red veins, hence the fading fire. Edges almost seem to glow because of the way the light hits the narrow green edge. Easy to grow, full growing, and spectacular in all its colorations. A bonus of light pink flowers in spring. A new must have. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Funhouse' Code: 69267 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium growing rhizomatous. Medium sized lightly lobed spiraled fuzzy bright light green leaves. Easy to grow, makes a full mounded plant. Dark pink flowers in spring. Plain green buttery showy and full. Makes a great specimen plant. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Giddy' Code: 69269 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Medium round pointed green leaves with brownish red spots and a lightly dentated edge. Flowers are dark pink. Leaves on long petioles. Very unusual coloring that doesn't change with light conditions. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Giggles' Code: 69270 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Medium sized spiral deeply lobed green leaves with a crinkled hairy edge. Flowers pink. Very compact and tight growing, hard to tell one leaf from the next. Very cute, makes a nice small potted plant easily. One of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Golden Swallowtail' Code: 90515 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - We don't know how "new" this begonia is but it's new to Kartuz Greenhouses. We really like it. The leaves are a bright yellow/green with a faint brown stitching along the edge. Leaves have overlapping lazy spirals but you can barely tell anyway since the leaf folds and cups, and the plant grows so full, it's hard to tell where one leaf ends and other starts. Leaves are irregularly lobed, sometimes shallow and sometimes to a cleft. Very crisp and clean in appearance with a satin sheen that only adds to the golden affect. Lots of pink flower spikes in late winter. Everyone loves this begonia not only for it's looks, but also for it's ease of growth. Although it isn't listed in the International Database for Begonias, we are fairly sure that it's a Tim Anderson hybrid.
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	Begonia 'Halloween Treat' Code: 90497 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Was formally named 'Halloween' but we found there was already a B. 'Halloween' so it was changed. If you already have our plant named B. 'Halloween', please change it to 'Halloween Treat'. This is a small to medium leaved rhizomatous begonia. Leaves are lobed roughly star shaped, serrated and lobed with sparse hair on surface and edges. Under our light conditions (bright filtered light), B. 'Halloween Treat' spends most of the year in various shades of pumpkin from dark orange to tawny brown with some darker markings and a prominent central 'eye'. Near Halloween the leaves turn completely black with red glowing 'eyes' and veins. That's pretty much where its name originated. It stays small and compact but is easy to grow and full growing. Very odd shade of profuse hot pink flowers in spring. A great plant to aquire. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Hallows' Eve' Code: 90520 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Shallow lobed star leaf with serrated, sparsely hairy edge. Surface of leaf is also sparsely hairy. At maturity leaves have a tendency to umbrella with the leaf tips curving down making the leaf roughly an umbrella shape. Like Begonia 'Halloween Treat', Begonia 'Hallows' Eve' spends part of the year putting out red and dark brown leaves with dark black markings but near Halloween it turns black. The prominent red eye is striking and the red radiates out into the veins. This plant differs from Begonia 'Halloween Treat' in that it puts out much larger leaves held upright on sturdy petioles. The larger leaves with the eyes and color make for an awesome striking plant that can't be overlooked. Since the leaves are larger, it compensates by being less full growing. But, it would actually be less showy if it grew any fuller because many of its eyes would be hidden. Makes a great, stately if spooky specimen. The odd shade of dark hot pink flowers on tall petioles are a beautiful bonus and contrast to the dark leaves in spring. Although easy to grow, it may take some time to get going to full size, but enjoyable and lovely at any size. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Hee Haw' Code: 69273 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Has medium sized deeply lobed light green leaves with variable reddish spots and lines. Flowers are pink and profuse in spring. Compact growing. Very cute and colorful. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Humerous' Code: 69274 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Has dark brown satiny medium sized leaves that are undulated with an angular lobed edge, nearly black. Flowers are bright pink. Low growing, full and compact. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Hyroglyphics' Code: 69275 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Yes, that isn't the normal spelling.) Double spiraled slightly cupped medium sized green leaves with a lobed edge. Leaves have a black edge and random black patterns. Very full and compact growing. Easy to grow. Flowers are light pink in late winter and spring. One of the Egyptian series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Jagged Edge' Code: 69339 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Leaves are upright cleft fans with spirals and a serrated edge. Leaves are dark bronzy green. Very unusual color and leaf. Low sprawling habit but compact. Hard to find and much sought after. (Kartuz)
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	Begonia 'Jealous Zebra' Code: 90499 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Medium sized bright green star leaves with reddish brown to black stripes and a serrated hairy edging. Leaves are on sturdy, upright hairy petioles. Very profuse bloomer in spring. Flowers are light pink with speckles. Very fast and easy growing and always showy in or out of bloom. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Just Dandy' Code: 90477 Price: $11.95 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! - Medium to large growing. Medium sized leaves live up to its name and vary in shades of reds, oranges and browns with dark brown markings and a pronounced double spiral center. Easy and full growing, medium bright pink flowers in spring on long stems. First time offered. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'King Tut' Code: 69282 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Low growing rhizomatous. Has medium sized medium green lobed leaves with black markings and edge that have weak or no spirals. Has pink flowers, can be profuse. Compact and full growing. One of the Egyptian series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia 'Kingsbury' Code: 69332 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium to large sized angular-shaped leaves with red hairs on margin. Leaves are a pale gray-green color and have a hairy red collar around the leaf stalk where leaf connects. Pink flowers in spring. Takes a little work to get a shapely plant but worth the effort. Rhizome grows upright. Old hybrid, but rarely offered. Similar to Begonia 'Colonel Gale'.
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	Begonia 'Kula' Code: 90057 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Large lobed waxy green leaves with pronounced black edge. Tall clusters of light pink flowers. Similar to Begonia 'Cayuga'. (Kartuz)
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	Begonia 'Laughter' Code: 90066 Price: $10.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Medium sized lobed bright green leaves with large chocolate chip markings. Stays very compact with the leaves on short petioles. Profuse bright light pink flowers in spring. Very showy and easy to grow. First time offered for sale online. Part of the Comedy series. (Thompson)
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	Begonia leprosa Code: 90321 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Round apple green leaves with clusters of delicately fragrant white flowers. Compact rhizomatous begonia recommended for terrarium or warm greenhouse. Native to China.
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Brad Thompson has grouped some of his rhyzomatous hybrids into the following series according to their parentage, appearance, and name relevance: Comedy Series, Egyptian Series

See this link to Brad's website The Names Page for detailed explanation on his naming criteria.