Details for: NA 59458, Weigela sp., 'Evita'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Weigela sp.
Cultivar:
'Evita'
Origin:
Collected – Unknown
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Weigela sp.
Cultivar:
'Evita'
Origin:
Collected – Unknown
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Collected
30 September 1987.
Unknown

Collector(s):
Donated
02 November 1987.
England, United Kingdom
Comment: part of United Kindgom 1987 Elite Plant collecting trip funded by Longwood Gdns., Alfred S. Martin Charitable Trust & The New York Botanical Gdn. Supported by Friends of the National Arboretum Sylvester G. March, USNA & Darrel Apps, partici
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Evita'
Type: Cultivar name

UK-87-188
Type: Collector identifier

NA 59458
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
An exciting new dwarf shrub, rasied as a chance seedling Not only is it more compact in habit than other Weigelas, it also flowers for a longer season. Bright green lvs. make a leafy bush in spring and by June bright scarlet tubular fls. appear clustered along the stems lasting for several weeks. Further flushes occur during the rest of the summer on more mature plts. 75cm x 100cm spread.
Weigela spp.
Genus:
Weigela
Family:
Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:
Diervilloideae
Nomen number:

312108
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Weigela
Verified:
03/25/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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