Begonia Cotes de Castillon United States Native Plants Rehmannia elata) Garden visitors quickly

Rehmannia elata) Garden visitors quickly fall in love with this easy-to-grow groundcover member of the normally parasitic Orobanchaceae family

the flowers

violet red on top and white below

and this is the seedling that consistently made visitors drool

'Dee's Golden Jewel'

Begonia Cotes de Castillon United States Native Plants Rehmannia elata) Garden visitors quicklyBegonia 'Cotes de Castillon' is another little known, but surprisingly winter hardy begonia that's excelled in our trials. This unknown species was brought to the US in 1995 from the Kuala Lumpur Orchid Garden by Henri Laporte. Being a wine grower, Henri named it after a favorite wine. In the garden, Begonia 'Cotes de Castillon' forms a 20" tall x 3' wide specimen, composed of large 10" x 7" leaves, held at the end of burgundy petioles. Each glossy