Weigela florida 'Variegata'
Price:
$27.99
Regular Price
🌿 General Description
- Type: Deciduous shrub
- Habit: Rounded, slightly spreading
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Foliage:
- Green with cream/white borders (variegated)
- Lighter and brighter appearance
👉 Perfect for breaking up overly dark masses.
📏 Height and Width
- Height: 1.5 to 2 m (5 to 6 feet)
- Width: 1.5 to 2 m
👉 Medium size → easy to integrate into most projects.
🌸 Flowering
- Color: Light pink to medium pink
- Period: Late spring → early summer
- Flowers: Tubular (attracts hummingbirds)
👉 Decent flowering, but:
➡️ the foliage remains the main attraction
☀️ Exposure
- Full sun to partial shade
👉 Unlike dark foliage:
➡️ better tolerates partial shade without losing its effect
🌱 Soil
- Well-drained
- Tolerates:
- clay
- average soils
👉 Very adaptable
❄️ Hardiness
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Zone 4 to 8
👉 No problem for Quebec
💧 Maintenance
- Easy
- Prune after flowering
- Can remove entirely green branches (reversion)
👉 Important:
➡️ some branches may lose variegation
🛡️ Resistance
- Good general resistance
- Tolerates urban conditions
- Attracts pollinators
👉 Less fussy than people think