| Description | A medium to large growing shrub with bright red funnel shaped flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (wi-GE-la)(FLOR-i-dah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | Prefers well drained soils but very adaptable to others. |
| Flowers | crimson red |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, green, no goo fall color |
| Dimensions | spreading dense shrub that reaches 5 feet high by 5 plus feet wide. |
| Maintenance | Some Weigela will have winter kill on their branches and need some clean-up in the spring. Prune after the plants are done blooming. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | A hybrid between Weigel Eva Rathke and Newport Red. From Holland in 1958. |
| Misc Facts | Many of the newer cultivars are vast improvement over the older ones. Improvements in flowers, hardiness, size and foliage have been achieved. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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