How to Grow Weigela florida 'Variegata' Plants in your Garden

Gardener's HQ Guide to Growing Variegated Weigela

Weigela 'Florida Variegata

Weigela florida 'Variegata Abigarrado' photograph by F. D. Richards.

Weigela florida Variegata Growing and Care Guide

Scientific Name: Weigela florida Variegata
Common Name: Weigela 'Florida Variegata, Variegated Weigela
Growing Zone: USA: 5 to 08
Life Cycle / Plant Type: Shrub

Plant Details

Plant Height (Inches): 48 to 96
Plant Spread (Inches): 60 to 96
Time of Bloom: Mid to Late Spring
Flower Details: Pink
Leaf Foliage: Green, Silvery, Variegated, Yellow
Fruit:
Growth Form: Rounded

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: Not usually any serious insect problems
Diseases: No serious disease problems

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

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