Begonia Cotes de Castillon United States Native Plants South Korea during a 1997

South Korea during a 1997 visit

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

they once again take on the purple color as fall arrives

extraordinary in flower

could be mistaken for Keith Richards' face

Begonia Cotes de Castillon United States Native Plants South Korea during a 1997Begonia '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