The Weigela has been a garden favorite for a long time. The flower display
is best in early summer, but weigela will bloom sporadically through the summer
and into fall.
The shape and color of the blooms will attract hummingbirds,
butterflies, bees and other pollinators such as this Hawk Moth. Hawk moths are
often mistaken for hummingbirds as they dart from plant to plant and hover to
feed from tubular flowers. Weigela prefers to be planted in full sun. It will
still flower when planted in light shade, but not as prolifically.
Once you’ve got
your plant home and selected the site for your weigela, dig a hole twice as
wide and slightly deeper than the shrub's root ball.
Amend the soil by incorporating
compost or peat moss at about 50:50 with your native soil. Add some bone meal and
plant your weigela so the top of the root ball is level with the ground around
it. Fill in soil around the sides. Because weigela bloom on wood that’s a year
old, the best time to prune weigela is right after they finish blooming. That
is to say the wood that grows this year will bloom next year and you want to
prune your shrub before the blooming wood has a chance to grow.
My Monet® 'Sunset'
'Red Prince' weigela will grow to 5' to 6' and 4' to 5'
wide.
'Minuet' is a more compact Weigela which will grow to
about 30" in height and about 2' to 3' across.
'Wine and Roses'
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