Everything about Weigela totally explained
Weigela is a small genus of about 12 species of
deciduous shrubs in the family
Caprifoliaceae, growing to 1-5 m tall. All are natives of eastern
Asia.
The
leaves are 5-15 cm long, ovate-oblong with an acuminate tip, and with a serrated margin. The
flowers are 2-4 cm long, with a five-lobed white, pink, or red (rarely yellow)
corolla, produced in small
corymbs of several together in early summer. The
fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous small winged
seeds.
Weigela species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including
Brown-tail.
The genus is named after the German scientist
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel.
The British
Weigela national collection is held at
Sheffield Botanical Gardens; along with the national collection of the closely related
Diervilla genus.
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Species:
Cultivation
Several of the species are very popular
ornamental shrubs in
gardens, although species have been mostly superseded by hybrids (crosses between
W. florida and other Asiatic species).
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