Features and Growing Tips

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Landscape Qualities

Wine and Roses Weigela is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape | but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Wine and Roses Weigela features showy clusters of hot pink trumpet-shaped flowers along the branches in late spring. It has attractive deep purple deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding brick red in the fall.

Planting and Growing

Wine and Roses Weigela will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front | and is suitable for planting under power lines. 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. 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 5'Hx5'W

Flowers are hot pink

Flowers in late spring

Attracts hummingbirds

Fall color brick red

Zone 5a

Likes average to moist soil