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old fashioned weigela Caprifoliaceae Weigela florida (Bunge) A. DC. Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol: WEFL2
Leaf: Opposite, simple, oval with a long extended tip, 2 to 4 inches long, finely serrated margins, green above and slightly paler below.
Flower: Very showy, light pink to rosy-red, 5 petals, overall funnel shape, appearing in large numbers in late spring.
Fruit: Dry, 2-valved capsule.
Twig: Moderate, gray-brown, scruffy with two rows (appearing as lines) of short hairs running between nodes, conspicuous lenticels, buds with several visible scales present.
Bark: Gray-brown, shallow grooves, ridges flaky.
Form: Shrub up to 10 feet with a round crown and graceful arching limbs.
 Looks like: beautybush - Amur honeysuckle - fuzzy deutzia - glossy abelia

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Additional Range Information: Weigela florida is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and is not known to widely escape cultivaton. Download the full-size PDF map.
More Information: Fall Color
External Links: USDA Plants Database
All material 2025 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information