Weigela florida 'Midnight Wine Shine'

🌿 General Description

• Type: Deciduous shrub
• Habit: Very compact, rounded, cushion-like
• Foliage:
  • Very dark purple to almost black
  • Very shiny ("shine" effect)

👉 This is its big asset: color contrast throughout the season.

📏 Height and Width

• Height: 30 to 45 cm (1 to 1.5 feet)
• Width: 60 to 75 cm (2 to 2.5 feet)

👉 It's a true dwarf → perfect for small spaces.

🌸 Flowering

• Color: Dark pink
• Type: Trumpet-shaped flowers
• Period: Spring (May-June)
• Interest: secondary

👉 Honestly:
➡️ It's mainly planted for its foliage, not its flowers.

☀️ Exposure

• Full sun = essential
  👉 More sun = darker foliage + better flowering

🌱 Soil

• Well-drained
• Tolerates:
  • clay soil
  • various conditions

👉 Very tolerant in general

❄️ Hardiness

• Zone 4 to 8
  👉 Perfect for Quebec

💧 Maintenance

• Very easy
• Pruning:
  • After flowering
• Watering:
  • Moderate

👉 Low overall maintenance

🛡️ Resistance

• Good hardiness (less tip dieback than the old Midnight Wine)
• Attracts:
  • hummingbirds
  • pollinators
• Deer resistant (relatively)