Old-Fashioned Weigela, Weigela

Weigela florida

Honeysuckle Family (Capifoliaceae)

▲ mature flowering shrub

▲ flowers

▲▼ cultivar with variegated foliage at the Xeriscape Garden at National and Linwood in Springfield, MO

▲▼ pink-flowered cultivar

▲▼ dark pink, smaller-growing cultivar

Location near campus:  toward west side of Xeriscape Garden; Xeriscape Garden is at northwest corner of National and Linwood, about 3/4 mile south of campus on National Avenue.

Weigela florida: Old-Fashioned Weigela

·         leaves deciduous, opposite, simple, ovate to oblong with acuminate tip and serrated margins; leaves 2-4.5" long and 1/3 as wide; leaves medium green and glabrous above and slightly pubescent to tomentose on veins underneath

·         stems gray-brown, with 2 rows of hairs running longitudinally from node to node; large circular lenticels and continuous pale brown pith

·         size is 6-9' tall and equally to slightly greater width with a spreading mounded habit

·         flowers are funnel-shaped and generally shades of light to dark pink on outside, with lighter throat zone, blooming in late spring, but sometimes continuing or reblooming through fall

·         fruit is a capsule

·         prefers full sun and well-drained soil, but soil adaptable

·         need to prune back after flowering to maintain good shape

·         medium to fast growth rate