Bush Honeysuckle

Bush Honeysuckle (Weigela) - Graceful and hardy flowering shrubs, summer-leafing, with showy clusters of bloom ranging from pure white to dark crimson. They have long been deservedly popular, being elegant, quick in growth, and beautiful in bloom. A multitude of varieties have sprung from W. floribunda, W. grandiflora (known also as W. amabilis), W. rosea, and W. hortensis. These, natives of China and Japan, have been introduced within the last fifty years, and so much hybridised that they are rarely found pure. The most valuable sorts have come from W. grandiflora, which has the largest flowers, while the smaller, but more numerously-flowered kinds, have originated from W. rosea and W. floribunda. The varieties have been raised chiefly on the Continent, as may be inferred from their names. The best of the older kinds are: Abel Carriere, numerous large flowers of soft pink; Isolinae, large flowers of white or pale rose with yellow markings; Van Houttei, large and showy white and red flowers; Lemoinei, numerous small deep crimson-red flowers; Groenewegenei, one of the best, the flowers being large, of pink or pale rose, with a yellow blotch; striata, a pretty sort, having flowers striped with red and white; Stelzneri, with numerous deep red flowers; Lavallei, with numerous crimson-red flowers; hortensis nivea, more spreading than that of others, with larger and paler foliage, and large pure white flowers; and candida. Good new kinds are Conquete, deep rose, with the largest flowers yet seen in these plants; Dame Blanche, large creamy-white flowers with a yellow throat; Descartes, crimson-purple; Diderot, deep bright red; Emile Galle, deep red; Eva Rathkie, one of the best, deep rich crimson; floreal, pink, and very early; Gloire des Bosquets, very free in its deep rosy flowers; Heroine, rosy-white, with fine foliage; hortensis nivea, pure white; Perle, creamy-white edged with rose; Montesquieu, wine-purple; Mt. Blanc, the best white; Othello, bright rose; Pascal, bloodred; Pavillon blanc, blush-white; and Saturne, rosy-carmine. The new Japanese species, D. praecox, bears large pink flowers with a yellow throat, opening nearly a month earlier than other kinds. Its influence as a parent is already seen in a race of early-flowering hybrids. All sorts are of free habit if planted in good soil in an open position. They should never be crowded, but grown as isolated groups on lawns, or placed on the margins of shrubberies. Weigelas make large bushes, 6 to 10 feet high and as much in diameter, and their graceful drooping branches are ornamental, even when leafless in winter. They should be top-dressed annually with good rich soil, and pruned, leaving the vigorous stems and the branches that yield the finest bloom.

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