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Plant: Nana Variegata - Weigela
Weigela · Weigela florida 'Nana Variegata'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A variegated form of the old fashioned weigela, a deciduous shrub with arching, dense, rounded growth and opposite ovate to obovate serrate leaves edged in cream. Showy rosy pink trumpet shaped flowers open for about two weeks in spring with a sparser repeat in mid to late summer, drawing butterflies and hummingbirds. It grows in full sun to dappled shade on clay, loam or sand at any pH with good drainage, tolerates deer, salt and air pollution, and needs little maintenance. Use it as an accent, a low hedge or a foundation planting.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A variegated form of the old fashioned weigela, a deciduous shrub with arching, dense, rounded growth and opposite ovate to obovate serrate leaves edged in cream. Showy rosy pink trumpet shaped flowers open for about two weeks in spring with a sparser repeat in mid to late summer, drawing butterflies and hummingbirds. It grows in full sun to dappled shade on clay, loam or sand at any pH with good drainage, tolerates deer, salt and air pollution, and needs little maintenance. Use it as an accent, a low hedge or a foundation planting.
- Flowers
- Rosy pink trumpet-shaped flowers about 1.25 inches long bloom profusely in spring, with a sparse repeat in mid to late summer.
- Foliage
- Leaves are opposite, simple, ovate-oblong to obovate, acuminate and serrate; this form is edged in cream.
- Fruit
- Inconspicuous fruit, a 2-valved oblong capsule.
- Bark & stems
- Stem is gray-brown, encircled by stipular scars, with large circular lenticels and a vertical row of white pubescence on new growth.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Blooms on old wood, so prune just after flowering. Older interior branches can be removed in late winter to improve vigor. Prune as needed to maintain size and shape.
- Native range
- Northern China, Korea and Japan
