Plant: Wine & Roses® Weigela
Weigela · Weigela florida 'Alexandra'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
An upright deciduous shrub about four to five feet each way, grown as much for its rich dark purple foliage as for its flowers. Rosy pink trumpet like blooms cover it in late spring and rebloom sporadically through summer, and the contrast against the glossy dark leaves carries season long color. It wants full sun, well drained soil and average moisture, resists deer, and draws butterflies and hummingbirds. Prune immediately after flowering. Use it as a specimen, in shrub borders, in mass plantings, in containers or for cutting.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An upright deciduous shrub about four to five feet each way, grown as much for its rich dark purple foliage as for its flowers. Rosy pink trumpet like blooms cover it in late spring and rebloom sporadically through summer, and the contrast against the glossy dark leaves carries season long color. It wants full sun, well drained soil and average moisture, resists deer, and draws butterflies and hummingbirds. Prune immediately after flowering. Use it as a specimen, in shrub borders, in mass plantings, in containers or for cutting.
- Flowers
- Rosy pink blooms in early to late spring with sporadic rebloom through summer.
- Foliage
- Rich dark purple foliage all summer, shading toward near black purple.
- 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.
- Pruning
- Best to prune immediately after flowering.
- Native range
- Weigela florida is native to northern China, Korea and Japan.
