How to Grow Weigela florida Plants in your Garden

Weigela florida Growing and Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Weigela florida
• Common Name: Old-fashioned Weigela
• Growing Zone: USA: 4 to 08
• Life Cycle / Plant Type: Shrub

Plant Details

• Plant Height (Inches): 72 to 108
• Plant Spread (Inches): 72 to 144
• Time of Bloom: Mid to Late Spring
• Flower Details: Lavender, Pink, Red, White
• Leaf Foliage: Green
• Fruit:
• Growth Form: Rounded, Upright / erect,

Ideal Growing Conditions

• Best Light Conditions: Full sunlight
• Rate of Growth: Medium paced
• Suitable Soil Types: Acidic, Alkaline, Clay, Loamy, Neutral, Sandy, Slightly alkaline, Well drained
• Soil Moisture: Moist

Caring Conditions

• Care:
• Level of Maintenance: Low
• Propagation: Softwood cuttings (early summer), semi-hardwood cuttings (summer), hardwood cuttings (late autumn / winter)
• How to Prune: Hard renovative pruning
• Pests: leaf and bud eelworms
• Diseases: Usually pest free

Further Information

• Can Attract: Hummingbirds
• Tolerant of: Clay Soil
• Best Garden Use: Border, Foundation Plant, Areas requiring pest toleranance, En masse, Specimen
• Family: Caprifoliaceae.
• Closely Related Species: Honeysuckles.

• Miscellaneous: Is not a native plant of N. America, Blooms are very showy
• Genus Detail: Weigela
• Further Reading and References: Here and Here