Forms
Begonia x tumberhybridagroup has a large range of cultivars and is derived from Begonia boliviensis, Begonia gracilis, Begonia pearceiandBegonia veitchii.
Contact your local nursery or florist for the currant available cultivars.
Camellia-flowered and Rose-flowered Types
These plants produce mainly large double flowers and disbudding the smaller female flowers result in larger colourful male blooms.
Multiflora Group
These pants produce masses of single flowers in a wide colour range and require no disbudding but may need staking.
Picotee Group
These plants produce double flowers that have petal margins that are the same colour as the flower but faded in contrasting or deeper shades.
Pendular Group
These plans produce smaller pendant flowers in doubles and singles and are best suited to hanging baskets.