Java Red Weigela
Weigela florida 'Java Red'
Compact, mounding shrub displays attractive red buds that open to deep pink blooms. Foliage has interesting purplish cast. Useful as background planting, summer screen or in shrub borders. Deciduous.
| Synonym: | Weigela florida 'Foliis Purpureis' |
| Botanical Pronunciation: | wy-GEE-la FLOR-i-da |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 6 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Hummingbirds |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7650 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a formal appearance, shear annually after flowering. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
Compact, mounding shrub displays attractive red buds that open to deep pink blooms. Foliage has interesting purplish cast. Useful as background planting, summer screen or in shrub borders. Deciduous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a formal appearance, shear annually after flowering. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
| Synonym: | Weigela florida 'Foliis Purpureis' |
| Botanical Pronunciation: | wy-GEE-la FLOR-i-da |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 6 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Compact |
| Flower attribute: | Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Hummingbirds |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7650 |
