Midnight Sun Reblooming Weigela
Weigela florida 'Verweig9'
Proven Winners
$69.00
This tidy, bun shaped selection is grown primarily for its glossy, blazing orange and red summer-autumn foliage; rose pink trumpet-shaped flowers appear in spring; ideal for the front of borders
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
Midnight Sun Reblooming 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
Midnight Sun Reblooming Weigela features dainty clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers along the branches in late spring | which emerge from distinctive red flower buds. It has attractive orange-variegated brick red foliage with hints of chartreuse which emerges light green in spring. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of burgundy | orange and plum purple in the fall.
Planting and Growing
Midnight Sun Reblooming Weigela will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 18 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium 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. This plant will benefit from an application of bonemeal and/or mycorrhizal fertilizer at the time of planting. 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 18"Hx18"W
Flowers are pink
Flowers in late spring
Attracts hummingbirds
Fall color burgundy and orange
Zone 4b
Likes average to moist soil