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Garden Weigela

Weigela hortensis

Garden Weigela
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Garden Weigela (Weigela hortensis) is a rounded, deciduous flowering shrub from Japan that grows to about 3 m. It is grown for its showy spring flowers and does best in a sunny spot with well-drained soil.

Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the first season, then mainly in dry spells; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Moist, well-drained garden soil, tolerant of a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in USDA zones 6 to 9; protect young plants from severe cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu)
Climate
temperate

About

Weigela hortensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Hokkaido and Honshu islands of Japan. A rounded shrub reaching 10 ft (3 m), and hardy in USDA zones 6 through 9, it is occasionally found in commerce.

Other Weigela plants

Weigela coraeensis · Oldfashioned weigela · Weigela middendorffiana · Weigela Bushes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Weigela hortensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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