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'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, ...

Weigela puts on a show of red or pink blooms in spring and early summer and fades into the background as the seasons change. Weigela sizes range from 1 to 6 feet tall, depending on the variety. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have a couple of weigelas in my landscape, but my all-time favorite is my variegated one. This shrub has anchored the corner of my house for many years, blooming profusely every year. Their light ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: What would you recommend I use for fertilizer on my weigela shrub? A: Usually nothing. Weigelas normally do fine pulling the needed nutrients out of even moderately decent soil, especially if the ...

Garden writers tend to wax poetic about the beauty of lilacs, dogwoods, forsythias, spireas and other fresh, spring charmers — and toss in a few "ohs-and-ahs" for daffodils and tulips. All of these ...