weigela

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[wahy-gee-luh, -jee-, wahy-guh-luh]

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noun

any of various shrubby, eastern Asian plants belonging to the genus Weigela, of the honeysuckle family, having funnel-shaped white, pink, or crimson flowers.

weigela

/ waɪˈɡiːlə, ˈwaɪɡɪlə, -ˈdʒiː- /

noun

any caprifoliaceous shrub of the Asian genus Weigela, having clusters of pink, purple, red, or white showy bell-shaped flowers

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Word History and Origins

Origin of weigela¹

1840–50; < New Latin, named after C. E. Weigel (1748–1831), German physician; -a ²

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Word History and Origins

Origin of weigela¹

C19: from New Latin, named after C. E. Weigel (1748–1831), German physician

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Monrovia has a re-flowering weigela named Crimson Kisses, and a line of rose of Sharon — the Chateau series — that repeats.

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With assistance from Roeder, Wonson prepared the beds and organized our front yard with knockout roses, holly shamrock weigela, sedums, and a Japanese maple.

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Then, crouching low, he ran from bush to bush and took his stand in front of a weigela bush that screened him from being seen by his family.

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This is true of most fruit-trees, and such shrubs as lilac, forsythia, tree peony, wistaria, some spireas and viburnums, weigela, deutzia.

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Weifang weigh

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