Begonia grandis (pink) Low Stock 'Fortunei' is the old variegated

'Fortunei' is the old variegated form

and give a darker backdrop to set off the green

the species may prove hardy as far north as zone 6

soft-textured juvenile-foliage form with an unusual and well-documented history

timed to the spring run of shad up the rivers

Begonia grandis (pink) Low Stock 'Fortunei' is the old variegatedHardy begonia is the surprise of the shade border: a true begonia that survives a cold winter. Begonia grandis carries large, pointed, olive green leaves lit with red veins and flushed deep rose red beneath, and in late summer and fall hangs loose clusters of soft pink flowers on red tinted stems, a cool, luminous note when most shade plants have finished. Native to eastern Asia, hardy begonia rises each year from tuber like roots and spreads gently,