Weigela ornamental shrub: species and varieties

Weigela ornamental shrub: species and varietiesWeigela ornamental shrub from the hydrangea family is a frequent visitor to backyard gardens. Its branches, densely covered with pink (less often white) flowers, retain their decorative effect even after flowering. Due to its ease of care, the weigela garden shrub has gained wide popularity. The main thing is not to forget to prune the plant from time to time in order to maintain a compact shape.

Pruning is carried out once every 2-3 years, removing old shoots. The best pruning time is right after flowering ends. Young shoots can be shortened 1/2 of their length. This pruning promotes growth in the thickness of the main shoots and makes them more resilient.

For the winter, after leaf fall, the bushes are tied and bent to the ground. In winters with little snow, the varieties are covered with spruce branches, lutrasil.

Next, you can familiarize yourself with the photo and description of the weigela shrub of various species and varieties.

Types of weigela shrubs in the garden (with photo)

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Veigel Middendorf (IV. middendorffiana)

In this type of weigela shrub, flowers are single or collected in 2-6 pieces in inflorescences, bell-funnel-shaped, sulfur-yellow with orange spots and dots on the lower lobes. It blooms twice a year, in spring, early May, and in autumn. Duration of flowering in Moscow is 25-30 days.

Due to the ability to bloom again, from the beginning of August to the first autumn frosts at the end of September, the seeds ripen in two periods: in September and October.

As you can see in the photo, in the weigela shrub of this species, the autumn color of the leaves appears in early October:

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Weigela ornamental shrub: species and varietiesWeigela ornamental shrub: species and varieties

Weigel’s early (W. rgaesoh)

Beautifully flowering shrub 1,5-2 m tall. The crown is almost spherical, spreading by old age. Flowers drooping, single or collected in 2-3 pieces on shortened lateral shoots of the current year, funnel-bell-shaped, bright pink outside, purple-red in buds, sometimes white with yellowness. Flowering time: late May to June.

Duration of flowering is 10-30 days, on average – 15 days. Autumn leaf color is visible from the end of September. Due to its undemanding environmental conditions, easy care, decorativeness, weigela early became the most popular among other weigels.

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Weigel garden (W. hortensis)

It is a shrub up to 1 m tall. Autumn leaf color appears in October. Flowers are similar to bells, 3-4 pieces per inflorescence, develop at the ends of shoots and in leaf axils, pinkish-carmine. Mass flowering of weigela gardening in Moscow is observed from the third decade of May and, gradually dying out, continues until the beginning of July.

Pay attention to the photo – the ornamental weigela shrub of this species also has a form with white flowers:

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Weigela ornamental shrub: species and varietiesWeigela ornamental shrub: species and varieties

Veigela blossoming (W. florida)

Shrub up to 3 m tall, crown diameter 3,5 m. Flowers are large, tubular, 2,5-3 cm long, dark pink at the edges and pale pink or white inside, darken when flowering. They are collected in 3-4 pieces in small inflorescences, which are located on short side shoots. Flowering time: third decade of May – early June. Duration of flowering is about 20 days. This shrub grows very quickly. The most interesting are the following forms: Purple, or “Purpurea”.

As shown in the photo, this species of weigela has dark pink flowers with a yellow center, beautifully contrasting with the leaves:

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Blooms in June-July. White, or “Alba” (“Alba”), – with white flowers, turning pink when flowering, dwarf form.

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Weigela blooming (W. floribunda)

Shrub height up to 3 m. Flowers sessile, dark red, later light pink, up to 3 cm in diameter. Blooms in May-June, 2-3 weeks. It grows quickly, but less winter-hardy than flowering weigela. Gracefully curved branches and bright pink or red flowers adorn this shrub greatly.

See how beautiful all types of weigela are in the garden in the photo below:

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Weigela hybrid ornamental shrub varieties and their photos

Here is a photo and description of hybrid weigela varieties.

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Weigel hybrid (W. x hybrida) has a graceful spreading crown and luxurious flowering. Shrub up to 1,5 m tall. It is especially beautiful during flowering. Flowers are tubular-funnel-shaped, solitary or collected in a loose inflorescence. They bloom on young leafy shoots. They are pink, purple, white, pinkish-violet and violet-carmine of various shades, they have a delicate, pleasant aroma. The following varieties are popular in Russia:

Bristol Ruby (“BristolRuby”). The height of the bushes is 2,5-3 m, the crown diameter is up to 3,5 m. The description of this variety of weigela fully corresponds to the name: the flowers of this shrub are ruby-red at the edges, sometimes with an orange-red center. Blooms in June-July.

“Gustav Mallet” (“Gustave Mallet”). Shrub up to 2,5 m tall. It has large (up to 5 cm in diameter) pink-carmine flowers with a wide white border. Blooms in late May.

Debussy (“Des-boisii”). Shrub 2,5-3 m tall. Blooms profusely in the second half of May.

“Alba Plena” (“Alba Plena”) – a low evergreen shrub with a height of 20-40 cm, a crown diameter of 40-45 cm.

Pay attention to the photo – this variety of hybrid species of weigela has a compact, spherical crown, white flowers, double:

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Decorativeness manifests itself during abundant and prolonged flowering, in August-September, 50 days. Winter-hardy. It is better to cover young plants for the winter with a dry leaf and spruce branches “Allegro” – height 40-50 cm, rarely 60 cm, crown diameter 50 cm. The crown is compact, dense. Blooms in Moscow from early August to late September. The flowers are simple, shiny, carmine red. Winter-hardy.

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“Annemarie” (“Annemarie”) – height 40-50 cm, crown diameter 60 cm. The crown is loose, wide-bushy. Blooms from late July to late October. The buds are purple-red, later the flowers become dark pink. Terry flowers.

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“Boskop” (“Boskoop”) – height 30-40 cm, crown diameter 40-50 cm. The crown is compact. Leaves are coppery orange-red in autumn and winter. Blooms from August 25 to late September. The flowers are lilac-pink, simple.

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“Carmen” (“Carmen”) – height 30-40 cm, crown diameter 40-50 cm. This variety of weigela of a hybrid type has a wide-oval or spherical crown. Blooms in Moscow from early September to mid-October, 45 days. The flowers are simple, pink-purple.

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“Darkness” (“Darkness”) – height 30-35 cm, diameter of a compact, dense, spherical crown 40-50 cm. It blooms from the end to a bush or 1 m2. Top dressing with mullein is allowed from April to June (0,5 liters of solution per bush).

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