Q: My Sonic Bloom weigela gets some dead-looking branches every year. I usually cut them below the dead leaves. I have already cut out a lot. Should I, or is this normal leaf drop? It has had the ...

Q: I have a weigela bush that's getting out of control. When do I prune it and how? It only had a few flowers this year. A: The poor flowering and gangly look is a weigela's way of telling you it ...

Weigela are popular shrubs that are prized for their vibrant trumpet-like blooms that emerge in late spring to early summer. If you are a fan of color in the garden, weigela plants are a surefire way ...

Q: I'd like to start a new variegated weigela from a cutting off of a friend's plant. What's the best way to take a piece for regrowing? Would the same principle be valid for all deciduous bushes, ...

Description: A deciduous, spring-blooming shrub with trumpet-shaped flowers, Weigela florida is a common garden species native to Japan. This member of the honeysuckle family spreads 6 to 9 feet high ...

Many of us probably think of weigela as a plant in our grandparents’ yard. The ones on the market today are nothing like their predecessors. For one thing, plant breeders have scaled down the shrub to ...

WEIGELA IS A hardy, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance shrub famous for prolific displays of tubular, inch-long flowers in spring. Despite the fact that the blossoms on these members of the honeysuckle ...

When in full flower, weigela looks like a giant iced cake, with frothy masses of creamy variegated leaves and soft pink flowers. It is just coming into flower now and it will be on show for a couple ...

My Wine & Roses Weigela shrubs are leafing out only about 5 % throughout the shrubs. They have been established for about 9 years on the south side of the house. A friend in my community is also ...