Weigela Weigela florida
Other plants called Weigela:
- Phonetic Spelling
- wy-GEE-la FLOR-id-ah
- Description
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Weigela florida is native to North China, Korea, and Japan. It is a dense, rounded, deciduous shrub. Branching is somewhat coarse, and branches on mature shrubs tend to arch toward the ground. Funnel-shaped, rose-pink flowers (each to 1.25” long) bloom profusely in spring, with a sparse and scattered repeat bloom often occurring in mid to late summer. Air pollution and clay soil tolerant. Showy flowers. This plant is slightly salt tolerant. Blooms in mid to late spring after foliage appears; unpruned branches form fountain-like outline which is highly ornamental covered with blooms; pruning necessary after blooming to keep tidy, otherwise weedy in appearance; cultivars available include variegated leaf forms and many anthocyanin-hued flowers as well as a yellow-flowered cultivar; utilized as foundation plant, massing, shrub border.
Wildlife Value: This plant is attractive to hummingbirds.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: It may be damaged by deer.
Quick ID
- Stems of new growth have 2 vertical rows white 'hair'
- Axillary tubular-campanulate flowers after leaves
- Deciduous shrub with opposite, ovate, acuminate leaf
- Stipular scars encircle stems
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
- 'Eva Rathke', 'Folliis Purpurels', 'Red Prince', 'Sunset'
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
- 'Eva Rathke', 'Folliis Purpurels', 'Red Prince', 'Sunset'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Weigela
- Species:
- florida
- Family:
- Caprifoliaceae
- Dimensions:
- Height: 6 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Dense
- Rounded
- Spreading
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12-24 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4b, 4a, 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 8b, 8a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Capsule
- Fruit Description:
- Fruit is a 2-valved capsule; seeds unwinged to slightly winged.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Red/Burgundy
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Funnel
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- The flowers are white, pink and red trumpet-shaped being 1.25 inches long that bloom profusely in spring, with sparse and scattered repeat bloom, often occurring in mid to late summer. Inflorescence is cymose, axillary, blooms in late spring.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Oblong
- Obovate
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves are opposite, simple ovate-oblong to obovate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous above except on mid-rib, pubescent on veins beneath; petiole short, ca .2 inches.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Gray/Silver
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- Stem is gray-brown, encircled by stipular scar, large circular lenticels; vertical row of white pubescence on new growth.
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Landscape:
- Attracts:
- Hummingbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Salt
