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| name = ''Weigela''<br />
| image = Weigela florida0.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = ''Weigela florida''<br />
| regnum = [[Plantae]]<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]<br />
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]<br />
| genus = '''''Weigela'''''<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
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About 10 species; see text<br />
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'''''Weigela''''' is a small genus of about 12 species of [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s in the family [[Caprifoliaceae]], growing to 1-5 m tall. All are natives of eastern [[Asia]].<br />
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The [[leaf|leaves]] are 5-15 cm long, ovate-oblong with an acuminate tip, and with a serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are 2-4 cm long, with a five-lobed white, pink, or red (rarely yellow) [[corolla]], produced in small [[corymb]]s of several together in early summer. The [[fruit]] is a dry capsule containing numerous small winged [[seed]]s.<br />
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''Weigela'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Brown-tail]].<br />
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The genus is named after the German scientist [[Christian Ehrenfried Weigel]].<br />
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The British ''Weigela'' national collection is held at [[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]]; along with the national collection of the closely related ''[[Diervilla]]'' genus.[http://www.sbg.org.uk/weigela.asp]<br />
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;Species:<br />
*''[[Weigela coraeensis]]'' <br />
*''[[Weigela decora]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela floribunda]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela florida]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela hortensis]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela japonica]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela maximowiczii]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela middendorfiana]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela praecox]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela x wagnerii]]''<br />
*''[[Weigela subsessilis]]''<br />
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===Cultivation===<br />
Several of the species are very popular [[ornamental plant|ornamental shrubs]] in [[garden]]s, although species have been mostly superseded by hybrids (crosses between ''W.florida'' and other Asiatic species).<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/art_b/hakoneutugi_1.htm ''Weigela coraeensis''] - Images<br />
*[http://www.sbg.org.uk/weigela.asp British national collection at Sheffield Botanical Gardens]<br />
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