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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00001539
11/12/99
Weigela florida--Old Fashioned Weigela
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Height: 8 ft Spread: 10 ft Form: rounded
Type: deciduous shrub
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: Pink, red, white
Comments: Weigela flower color varies, depending on the
cultivar. The plant is useful for late spring or early
summer flowering.
Cultivars:
'Alexandra' - (Vis. 1) (Wine and Roses TM) - The purple
leaves are combined with pink flowers (Vis. 2). The
foliage coloration intensifies later in the season.
'Aurea' - Plants 6 feet tall have light pink flowers
and green and yellow leaves.
'Boskoop Glory' - Salmon pink flowers.
'Bristol Ruby' - Red flowers (Vis. 3) produced
sporadically throughout the growing season.
'Bristol Snowflake' - White flowers flushed with pink.
'Carnival' - Red, white and pink flowers (Vis. 4) are
produced on the same plant.
'Evita' - A slow growing, compact plant (Vis. 5) with
bright red flowers (Vis. 6) produced in spring and then
periodically.
'French Lace' - The leaves have yellow margins, the
flowers are dark red.
'Java Red' - A hardy plant (Vis. 7) with purplish foliage
and deep pink flowers (Vis. 8).
'Minuet' - A hardy cultivar with purplish foliage and
flowers that are red, purple and yellow.
'Nain Rouge' - A dwarf producing reddish orange
flowers. The fall foliage color is red.
'Pink Delight' - Deep pink flowers (Vis. 9), hardier than
other pink flowered cultivars.
'Pink Princess' - A hardy cultivar with bright pink
blooms.
'Polka' - A compact plant with pink (Vis. 10) flowers
having a yellow throat.
'Purpurea' - Purple leaves and pink flowers.
'Red Elf' - A dwarf, 2 feet tall with red flowers.
'Red Prince' - Red flowers (Vis. 11) that do not fade to
purple are produced in spring and then again in late
summer.
'Rosea' - Pink flowers.
'Rubidor' - Yellow foliage and red flowers (Vis. 12) are
combined on plants about 5 feet tall.
'Rumba' - A compact plant (Vis. 14) with foliage tinged
with purple. The flowers are red (Vis. 13) with a
yellow throat.
'Samba' - A compact, 3-foot plant with (Vis. 15) red
flowers and copper tinted leaves.
'Sunny Princess' - The leaves (Vis. 16) have yellow
margins and the flowers are pink.
'Suzanne' - Pale pink to white flowers, leaves with white
variegation.
'Tango' - Dark red flowers and purplish foliage are
produced on plants about 3 feet tall.
'Vanicek' - A red flowered (Vis. 17) cultivar.
'Variegata' - Pink flowers (Vis. 18) are combined with
leaves edged with cream.
'Variegata Nana' - A dwarf with pink flowers and leaves
edged with white.
'Victoria' - Purple foliage are combined with dark pink
flowers.
'White Knight' - White flowers (Vis. 19) are produced all
summer.
References for Cultivars: Bailey Nurseries 1999, Monrovia
Nursery Company 1997, Spring Meadow Nursery 1997, Zelenka
Nursery 1994, Lake County Nursery 1999, J. Frank Schmidt
and Son 1999, Wayside Gardens 1999, Sheridan Nurseries
1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999,
Weston Nurseries 1999, Princeton Nurseries 1999, Berryhill
Nurseries 1999, Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms 1999,
Midwest Groundcovers 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999, Carlton
Plants 1999.
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