
Weigela
- Botanical Name
- Weigela florida
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 2 to 9 feet
- Width
- 2 to 12 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: 1 to 2 inch long, tubular to funnel-shaped; pinks, white, red
- Fruit
- Dry capsule, not ornamentally significant
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Soil pH adaptable
- Will tolerate light shade, but flower production will be deminished
- Plant bare-root weigela in the spring before growth begins
- Transplant container stock throughout the growing season
- Mulch the soil around Weigela to conserve moisture and reduce weed problems
- Pollution tolerant
- Flowers on old wood, prune after flowering
- Weigelas are prone to winter dieback, remove any dead wood as it is discovered
- Rejuvenate overgrown older plants by pruning back to the ground
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Midnight Wine - dark burgundy foliage, pink flowers, compact 18 to 24 inches tall by 24 inches wide
- Wine and Roses - dark burgundy foliage, pink flowers, 4 to 5 feet tall
- Pink Poppet - pink flowers, 2 feet tall
- Bristol Snowflake - white flowers
- Variegata - green leaves rimmed with pale yellow to white edges
- Minuet - dark, ruby red flowers with lilac-purple lobes and yellow throat, dark green purple tinged leaves
- My Monet - lovely variegated foliage of pink, white and green; deep pink flowers, 12 to 18 inches tall
- Sonic Bloom Series - Pearl Sonic Bloom sports white flowers with yellow throats maturing to pink, Pink Sonic Bloom has pink flowers, Red Sonic Bloom has lipstick red flowers
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