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~~~ REX BEGONIAS ~~~

Rex Begonias are primarily grown for their spectacular foliage. Flowers are produced in shades of pale pink to white. These "painted leaf" begonias are difficult to describe. Descriptions given are derived from the hybridizers description plus plants grown under greenhouse conditions. Leaf color varies from young to mature plants, and well as more or less exposure to sun or shade. Protect from direct, hot, mid-day sunlight. Let soil become slightly dry between waterings. Use a light porous potting mix. Remember, begonia roots are fine, so do not press potting mix hard or pack it. If this is done, the soil will stay to wet and the roots will rot. Feed plants regularly, using a well balanced fertilizer, at 1/4 tsp. per gallon of water, with every watering. Fertilizer may be increased to1/2 to 1 full tsp. per gallon of water during spring and summer, when plants are actively growing, depending upon the size of the plant. (Larger plants can handle more fertilizer.)

	Baby Dress - $7.00 Light green, spiraled leaves, are edged with a medium brown, variegated band of color. Compact growing habit. Adorable!
	Beau Rouge - $7.00 This very colorful and easily grown dwarf rex has lacy silver leaves, contrasted by a deep maroon heart.
	Black Beauty - $7.00 Deep, emerald green leaves are blotched and spotted silvery green, banded in velvety blackish-plum. A large blush of blackish-plum completes the centers, hinted with light metallic rose.
	Chocolate Cream - $7.00 Spiraled leaves having dark plum edges and veins, with a silver background and bright pink highlights.
	Color Vision - $7.00 Radiating from the near black plum center, shades of rose, silver, and deep forest green, kiss under the plum edge.
	Eeyore - $7.00 Medium green and silver leaves are blushed in the centers and edged with wide bands of blackish-brown, with a maroon and light green reverse.
	Emerald Jewel - $7.00 (non-rex) This medium growing leaf has a red reverse and deep green with emerald and silver highlights on the veins.
	Escargot - $7.00 Strikingly spiraled, with a wide, silver green band adorning the ivy green and red reversed leaves.
	Fire Flush - $7.00 Brick red center and edge, highlight the olive green leaves, that are flushed with fire-red hair.
	Fireworks - $7.00 Large leaves with dark maroon veins blending into a silver background, are edged with a wide, dark purple border. This beautiful rex is our most popular. (Kartuz)
	Five 'N' Dime - $7.00 Compact growing leaves are silver pink, overlaying deep green to black, and are waxy in appearance, with a brick red reverse.
	Hallelujah - $7.00 Large, majestic, spiral leaves of soft purple are dusted with silver and gray. Outstanding markings and growth habit.
	Helen Teupel - $7.00 Deepest red-violet heart, fades to rose, over the silver and deep green pointed and pretty leaves.
	Her Majesty - $7.00 This one is distinctly different with velvety black centers and edging on very deep frosty metallic burgundy-rose with a deep red reverse. Exquisite coloring!
	Iron Cross - $7.00 Medium green, pebbled leaves, featuring dark brown highlights on the center veins. Unusual!
	Kismet - $7.00 (non-rex) An outstanding, small grower. Leaves are a dark, silvery gray sporting a red reverse. The wavy leaves are complimented by a narrow band of near black, encircling the foliage, and large, wide veins of near black throughout.
	Little Keepsake - $7.00 This exceptional, small growing hybrid has light, silvery green leaves marked a deep black-plum in the center, then blushed with metallic rose. The edges are first blushed with metallic rose, then edged in a thin band of black-plum.
	Lorraine Closson - $7.00 Shimmering rose to ruby, painted over nearly black, semi-compact leaves.
	Maid Marion - $7.00 A band of silver traces the center through the double spiraled leaves. Subtle tones of metallic rose and silver accent shiny silver leaves that turn lustrous pink with bright light.
	Mikado - $7.00 Silver leaves are colored deep plum on the edges with an even darker plum to near black markings in the leaf center with some light plum blushing. An exceptionally beautiful rex.
	Mini Merry - $7.00 Small leaves of satiny red are outlined in bright green then edged with velvety red. A small growing hybrid.
	Pandora - $7.00 Almost black leaves are splashed with dark, metallic rose-red and silver. A superb rex!
	Pink Champagne - $7.00 Brilliantly colored leaves in shades of pink, green, silver and bronze make this a spellbinding hybrid.
	Red Planet - $7.00 (non-rex) NEW LISTING Brick red, spider web style markings, over smooth moss green leaves. Small growing habit.
	Regal Minuet - $7.00 Dark, iridescent rose leaves have serrated edges. Shades of blackish-maroon band each leaf and accent the leaf centers. Small foliage that is compact growing
	Shamus - $7.00 Deep, emerald green, spiraled leaves are mottled in reddish brown-black tones upon the leaf face and edges.
	Shari A - $7.00 Silvery green blotches and spots are surrounded by medium green, enclosed with burgundy edging. Light plum blushing accents the leaf centers of this vigorous grower.
	Shirtsleeves - $7.00 Iridescent rose heart and edge, shimmer over the silver green leaves, with deep emerald veining on mature leaves. Beautiful!
	Stained Glass - $7.00 A notable rex with compact habits. Small leaves clustered together, each has the delicate coloring of a mottled cathedral window. Iridescent ruby center with silver veining.
PHOTO PENDING	Strawberry Cream - $7.00 (non-rex) Silver pink on dark green to nearly black, slightly quilted leaves.
	Tempest - $7.00 Shimmering leaves are spiral and pointed, with rose to wine coloring over green, to nearly black, giving this compact grower an amazing, storm-swept look.
	Tiny Bright - $7.00 Beautiful! Multi-colored leaves, featuring a dark maroon ruffled edge, with bands of green, silver, red, and maroon in the center. A small growing hybrid.
	Venetian Red - $7.00 Silver green fades as leaf matures to an iridescent wine with black quilting. Spectacular!
	Vista - $7.00 Silver and rose, painted over deep green, to nearly black leaves, make for an alluring vista!

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