My Monet Purple Effect Weigela
Weigela florida 'Verweig8'
Proven Winners
$50.00
An absolutely stunning selection, with plentiful deep rose-purple trumpet-shaped flowers appearing in late spring, along with cream and green variegated foliage that takes on purple tones; a colorful edging or container plant
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
My Monet Purple Effect Weigela is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
Ornamental Qualities
My Monet Purple Effect Weigela is covered in stunning clusters of rose trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow anthers along the branches in late spring | which emerge from distinctive crimson flower buds. It has attractive creamy white-variegated green foliage with hints of purple. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of burgundy and in the fall.
Planting and Growing
My Monet Purple Effect Weigela will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 30 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. To help this plant achieve its best flowering performance | periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 30"Hx30"W
Flowers are rose
Flowers in late spring
Attracts hummingbirds
Fall color burgundy
Zone 4a
Likes average to moist soil