Begonia can be annuals, evergreen or deciduous perennials or shrubs, with fibrous, tuberous or rhizomatous roots and usually asymmetrical leaves, often strikingly patterned, and small or large flowers, both male and female in the same cluster
'Burle Marx' is a rhizomatous perennial to 75cm, with handsome green or brown-tinged leaves to 15cm in length, glossy and warty on upper surface; small white flowers in panicles are held above the leaves