Wine & Roses^® Weigela florida

I bought my first wine and roses weigela last year and it was beautiful., Weigelas are prone to winter die-back. in January 2024, Eastern Washington saw temps abruptly drop from just above freezing to the single digits with no snow cover to protect plants. This bush had significant die back, which I trimmed out in early spring. I thought it may not survive, but it flourished and has grown slightly larger than the first year, despite losing all but about 3 small branches. Fast forward . . . I love this bush so much that I just bought a second for fall planting. It is one of my favorite plants due to the dark purple/green leaves and the lovely flush of bright pink flowers. As an aside . . . there is something about the scent of this bush that neighborhood cats are attracted to. They sit next to it and rub against the branches. It is very entertaining..

We have planted 2 Wine & Roses weigela in the landscape beds of 3 of our last 4 homes. It is a show stopper, people are always commenting on how stunning it is. We pick a spot where it can grow to its hearts content, untrimmed, as I love the natural shape of it . We will definitely add another pair to our landscape beds when we move to our next home too! I only wish I could add a photo of my 4 year old shrubs in full bloom.. they are spectacular!

Love this plant not only for the beautiful pink blooms, but also for the brown foliage. I have two of those planted in two very large planters in my patio entrance for over a year. They bloomed lightly the whole summer last year. I did not pruned last year, just protected the roots with mulched leaves during the winter and they came back great this spring, it bloomed heavily for over a month, then a pruned to keep it's size down. The blooms kept coming back in the old wood until now, it's already fall and it still looks great.

This was planted by the contractor prior to my purchase. They planted the three bushes too close together so I'll have to thin them but the foliage is lovely and they are very low maintenance.