How to Grow Weigela Wine & Roses
Weigela Wine & Roses is easy to grow and maintain in your garden. It provides an interesting color contrast of hot pink, trumpet-shaped blooms and dark burgundy leaves. With minimal care, this deciduous bush blooms profusely in early spring, and then the focus turns to the brilliant color of the leaves. You can plant Weigela Wine & Roses alone or as a border, adding beauty and elegance to your garden. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Choosing the Right Location
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Select a planting location with well-drained soil. Weigela Wine & Roses prefers a medium moisture level, so do not water profusely. This plant will adapt to many soil types but will produce best when the roots do not remain saturated.
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Determine which side of your house is south to southwest facing. This is the best location to plant Weigela Wine & Roses. The bush will grow in full sun to partial shade, but full sun is necessary for profuse blooming and deeper leaf color.
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Decide whether to plant as a stand-alone bush or as part of a border. This versatile plant performs well as a tall bush in the middle of the garden and as a compact accent plant along the garden edges. Weigela Wine & Roses will grow 48 to 60 inches tall if allowed.
Planting the Bush
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Dig a hole only to the same depth that the plant was in its pot and space plants six feet apart. Fill hole with water and allow to drain.
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Remove plant from container carefully, keeping the root ball intact. Set plant in center of hole and fill with soil to the base of the plant. Water thoroughly.
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Apply mulch to a depth of one to three inches around the plant to conserve moisture. Keep mulch away from the base of the plant to prevent stem decay.
Maintenance
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Apply a slow-release fertilizer designed for trees and shrubs in early spring. Follow the label directions for application.
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Prune the bush after it is done flowering. This bush blooms on the prior year's growth, so do not prune before it blooms. Cut branches back by one-third.
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Monitor the plant for pests. Japanese beetles are fond of the bush--if you see them, pick them off the plant by hand and discard.
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Comments
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I have used this weigelia , Wine & Roses, in several zone 5 & 6 plantings over the last few years. Though it would be well-suited to almost any sunny area with well-drained, fertile soil, I particularly like to use it in border and foundation gardens. It stays fairly compact and (so far) has been true to size. I particularly like the way it naturally cascades neatly.It does not need to be pruned, but can be. After it has established the first year, and under normal rain conditions, it shouldn't need supplemental watering I have had many questions and compliments regarding the succession of pretty pink blooms throughout late Spring and Summer, as well as the beautiful burgundy foliage. The only features that I dislike are that it's late to come into leaf and it does lack winter interest. Both can be remedied with the use of companion plants.
