buxton Branch 
at the boston flower show - 2015

This is the Plant Room the Buxton Branch entered in 2015 at the Boston Flower Show that received a Red Ribbon.  (Photo by Sharon Rosenzweig.)   The begonias in the display, grown by our members, included the following: 

Hybrids                                      Species 
B. ‘Brad Thompson’                   B. foliosa
B. ‘Daisy’                                      B. fuchiodes 
B. ‘Dark Mambo’                        B. masoniana
B. ‘Fireworks’                              B. partita
B. ‘Gryphon’                                B. vitifolia 
B. ‘Pandora’
B. ‘Passing Storm’
B. ‘Phoe’s Cleo’
B. ‘Pollux’
B. ‘Smiling Tiger’
B. ‘Strawberry Curl’
B. ‘Tiger Kitten’
B. ‘Twister’

In the individual horticulture categories, Begonia ‘Fedora’s Sister’ grown by Sharon Rosenzweig won the Libby Stephens Award for best plant grown under lights (Photos by Sharon Rosenzweig): 

Gloria Utzig entered the following plants: 

B. microsperma - Blue Ribbon in Category 25 Specialty Horticulture Classes  Begonia. Any species or cultivar in flower. 

B. crispula - Red Ribbon in Category 25 Specialty Horticulture Classes  Begonia. Any species or cultivar in flower. 

B. versicolor - Yellow Ribbon in Category 25 Specialty Horticulture Classes  Begonia. Any species or cultivar in flower. 

B. decora - White Ribbon in Category 25 Specialty Horticulture Classes  Begonia. Any species or cultivar in flower. 

B. coriacea x rajah - White Ribbon in Category 28 Specialty Horticulture Classes  Plants grown in a transparent container. One species or cultivar grown in an enclosed glass or plastic container because of humidity requirement, not for artistic effect. 

Scroll down for photos of these (photos by G. Utzig).