g.ssp.evansiana WILDWOOD PURITY

Begonia grandis ssp.evansiana `Wildwood Premier', pink, 12-18", July-October. The undersides/backs of these tea-green leaves have dark-red veining to them. These stems also seem redder than the species. From Wildwood Labs in North Carolina and introduced for us to collect, Thurman Maness. The entire leaf and stems and flowers. B.`Wildwood Purity'(syn.as some catalogs call it "Purity") is green-faced and red-backed. Part-shade, shade. The hardy begonias don't break dormancy until June-ish. Then they colonize by dropping their tiny bulblets that germinate each year. zone6 "Hardy Begonia"