2Q6 HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Diervilla florida Siebold & Zuccarini 1835 

 Weigela rosea Lindley 



Weigela 



Shrub, 1-2 m. high, bark grayish-brown, twigs hairy in two lines; 

 leaves ovate to obovate, upper side smooth, lower side rough-hairy along 

 the veins, margin finely serrate, tip acuminate, base wedge-shaped or 

 rounded, 4-7 cm. long, 2.5-3.5 cm. wide, petioles about 2 mm. long; flow- 

 ers axillary or terminal, in clusters of 1-4, sepals narrow-lanceolate, about 

 1 cm. long, united for one-third to one-half of their length, corolla broad- 

 funnel-shaped, nearly regular, about 3 cm. long, 3.5 cm. in diameter, the 

 free part of the petals broadly triangular, rose-pink or whitish in some 

 varieties, stigma 2-lobed : florida, flowering. 



Cultivated. Native of northern China. 



A very ornamental bush, much cultivated under the name of Weigela 

 and apparently quite hardy in the vicinity of Minneapolis where it 



Diervilla. 

 B.florida. D-Lonicara. 



blooms in early June. There are numerous hybrids between this and 

 other related Asiatic species. They appear to be less hardy than D. 



florida. 



