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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Diervilla florida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Diervilla florida, Sieb. & Zucc. (Weigela rosea, Lindl. W. amabilis, Hort. D. pauciflora, Carr.). Shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets with 2 hairy stripes: lvs. short-petioled or nearly sessile, elliptic or ovate-oblong to obovate, serrate, glabrous above except at the midrib, more or less pubescent or tomentose on the veins beneath, 2-4 in. long: calyx nearly glabrous, with lanceolate teeth; ovary slightly hairy; fls. 1-3, pale or deep rose, 1¼ in. long; corolla broadly funnel-shaped, abruptly narrowed below the middle. May, June. N. China. B.M. 4396. F.S. 3:211. B.H.1:577. Gt. 54, p.86. R.H. 1849:381. H.F. 1854:21. V. 18:37.—This is one of the most cult. species, very free-flowering and rather hardy. Var. alba, Moore. Fls. white, changing to light pink. R.H. 1861:331. Var. venusta, Rehd. Lvs. smaller, usually obovate, 1½-2½ in. long, usually nearly glabrous: fls. in dense clusters with small lvs. at the base; corolla slender, about 1½ in. long, rather gradually narrowed toward the base, lobes oval to oval-oblong, rosy pink. Korea, N. China.— Recently intro.; very floriferous, early and hardy. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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