Weigela
Weigela
Nothing much goes wrong with it, and the color runs deepest where the sun falls full on it.
Light Full sun brings the best flowers and the strongest foliage color.
Water Water while young; tolerant of neglect once established.
Height 2 m
Spread 6 ft 7 in
Spacing 200 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 6 ft 7 in
- In-row spacing
- 6 ft 7 in
- Between rows
- 8 ft 2 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Shrub · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun brings the best flowers and the strongest foliage color.
- Watering
- Water while young; tolerant of neglect once established.
- Feeding
- A compost mulch after pruning; more than that is rarely wanted.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- May
- Pruning
- Prune when the flowers fade, taking out the oldest stems each year.
Through the year
- Mar–May Bud Break
- May–Aug Flowering
- Aug–Oct Growing
- Oct–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Mar Leaf Fall
Companions
Roses, Geraniums, Nepeta
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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