Bot. [mod.L., f. name of C. E. Weigel, a German physician (1748–1831).] A genus of caprifoliaceous shrubs from China and Japan cultivated for its flowers, now commonly merged in Diervilla; a plant of this genus.
1846. Jrnl. Horticultural Soc., I. 66. A Weigela … from the North of China.
1851. Glenny, Handbk. Fl. Gard. (1855), 401. Weigela. Very handsome hardy deciduous shrubs, adapted for planting against ornamental walls.
1875. W. Cory, Lett. & Jrnls. (1897), 384. Weigelia is out in glory.
1882. Garden, 18 March, 184/2. All the Weigelas delight in a good, free soil.
