LOVE this begonia. This cultivar is a generous bloomer from early summer until first frost, comes back from the base if hit by a light fr...Read Moreeeze, and withstands even our 100+ degree summers when provided with part to full shade. This has been a particularly brutal summer, with uncharacteristic periods of drought AND heavy rain, and most plants look pretty ragged now that we have reached September... but 'Lana' is still a blooming, lush and full STAR!
I'm trying to identify my Begonia. I think it's a Lana. The leaves are almost identical, but the flowers do not look like the ones in t...Read Morehis pic. Should I be trying to match them also, or just stick to leaves to identify the plant? This is my 1st post, my 1st day, my 1st Begonia! I have had her for over 10 years. pelephant
LOVE this begonia. This cultivar is a generous bloomer from early summer until first frost, comes back from the base if hit by a light fr...Read More
I'm trying to identify my Begonia. I think it's a Lana. The leaves are almost identical, but the flowers do not look like the ones in t...Read More
ABS registration #392
Begonia 'Lana', hybridized using B. 'Elizabeth Lockhart' x Uknown, a Superba cane-type, hybridized by Lee, CA 1973
'Lana' is a Superb type cane-stemmed begonia with angel-leaves of dark green splashed with silver. It blooms with a profusion of rosy-red flowers.