Weigela hortensis

Weigela hortensis

  • Weigela hortensis
  • Weigela hortensis
  • Flower name
    Weigela hortensis
  • Scientific name
    Weigela hortensis
  • Alias谷空木, 田植え花
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June

What is Weigela hortensis

Weigela hortensis is a hardy deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae native to Japan In the spring, red, trumpet-shaped, Tip 5 crack the florets 2 or 3 bloom in a garden or a park . The leaf is green,oval-shaped and the leaf edge is serrated. There are thickly grown white hairs behind of leaves. Weigela of the scientific name depends on Dr. Weigel who is Germany botanist. The breeding cuts a branch doing a ramification from the root and performs it by planting a cutting.

General name: Weigela hortensis, scientific name:Weigela hortensis,aka: taniutsugi (Japanese), origin: Japan, Habitat: slopes of the mountains from Hokkaido to Chugoku district, Japan, and environment: facing the Japan Sea, life type: hardy deciduous shrubs, tree height: 30-200 cm, leaf shape: oval, be pointed tip and leaf edge: serrated, leaf: 5-10 cm, leaf width: 3-5 cm, Phyllotaxis: alternate, inflorescence: corymb, squeezing funnel-shaped, Corolla length: 3 cm, Corolla diameter: 2 cm in light pink flower (Corolla color) towards the outside than inside the dark, number of stamens: five, Calyx lobes: 5 crack, calyx length:0.5M the flowering time: April-June, fruit types: capsule , fruit shape: elongated tubular applications: gardening, vegetables (shoots).


  • Order
    Dipsacales
  • Family
    Caprifoliaceae
  • Genus
    Weigela
  • Species
    W. hortensis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Funnel/trumpet shaped
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeHardy deciduous shrub
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 200.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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