Definition of "weigela" [wei•gel•a]

• Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Weigela of Asia, especially W. florida, widely cultivated for its pink, white, or red flowers. (noun)

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• "The front of the bed could be edged with pulmonaria if the location has filtered sun, backed by several very compact, dwarf weigela, which have maroon foliage."
• "The dark-leafed weigela bushes are coated with mauve flowers, the peonies are spewing their amazing perfume, pink petals weigh down the 10-foot-tall beauty bush by the fence and the bearded irises with their unreal purple and blue blooms seem like visitors from another world."
• "After that, I attacked a weigela bush that had a dense thicket of overlapping interior stems and a viburnum whose lower branches awkwardly brushed the ground."