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Marvellously floriferous , weigelas are a great plant for dress up your garden in more tones of bolshy and pink than you ’d like to count .
By mid - spring , many weigela salmagundi are bedight in a profuseness of cluster of small , trumpet or funnel - shaped flower .
Perfectly positioned at that fine border between being naturally neat and healthy and a little unkempt and loose - growing , weigelas are bushes thatare perfect for cottage gardensor to liven up borders .
The deciduous shrubs we have listed below offer a all-inclusive choice of size and colours to choose from .
No matter where you may be located in the UK , you’re able to safely choose any and all of the following fifteen weigela varieties because each selection is hardy to H6 ( temperature down to -20 ° C ) .
We have sequenced our choices by semblance and tone and have finished off the list with some interesting foliage plays .
1)W.‘Mont-Blanc’
For pure lily-white funnel shape - shaped flowers , ‘ Mont - Blanc ’ is a great choice , as their clean petals develop pinkish flush as the plant life matures .
“ This is one of my favourite Weigelas , as the progression of ‘ Mont - Blanc ’s wedding dress white bloom into a subtle watercolour paint pink flower is magnificent , ” read Horticultural Consultant Dan Ori .
“ I recommend planting ‘ Mont - Blanc ’ alongside Salvia ‘ Hot Lips ’ ( red - white flush ) and Salix ‘ Flamingo’'(green - white - pink folio ) to wager off complemental colour combination . ”
The leaf are of a mid to drab nuance of green , which enhances the pure white colour of the salad days .
A particular attribute is their light , fresh scent .
This variety rises to just over 1 m in height with a spread to tally .
2)W.‘Bristol Snowflake’
A special feature article of ‘ Bristol Snowflake ’ is that its flowers are almost chalice - mold , meaning they are somewhat differently shaped than the huge majority of other cultivars .
They are bloodless with pantry eyes and rear to just over 1 m with a distinctly broad spread , with display of leaf in a mid - green shadowiness .
This shrub produces blooms from mid - fountain that can last well into summertime .
3)W.florida‘Pink Princess’
Probably more lavender than pink , ‘ Pink Princess ’ develop the classic trumpet - mould blooms that these heirloom plants are known for .
The floral clusters of a delicate lavender - pink tone make a truly beautiful colour compounding with the brilliant green tint of the foliage .
This variety blooms from late outflow until some sentence in the summer and is over 1 m tall and nearly 1.5 m full .
4)W.coraeensis‘Alba’
‘ Alba ’ is a unique cultivar , as it produces blossom in two color .
The trump - shaped blooms start off creamy white and then step by step mature to a wizard mount pink .
This means that Battle of Midway through the flowering season the shrub is a wonderful sight , displaying flower in multiple shades of cream and pinkish .
This is a declamatory - sized motley , growing to 3 m in height with a similar spreadhead .
5)W.florida‘Pink Poppet’
absolutely named , ‘ Pink Poppet ’ spring up to a mere 40 cm high with a banquet that may be a tad wider , earn it a top pick for container .
It has bright greenish foliation and funnel - mold molded heyday that are of a charming infant pink whole tone with darker centres .
After its first bloom of youth in late spring , it often bursts into bloom again in late summertime .
6)W.‘Vanicek’
‘ Vanicek ’ produces goblet or funnel - form flowers on the pink - purple semblance cusp , which often appear ruby when in flush from late springiness into summer .
The deep green foliage is the perfect completing colour to that of the flower .
This sort maturate to around 2 thou tall .
7)W.florida‘Wine and Roses’
Producing tubular horn - shaped flowers , the attractions of ‘ Wine and Roses ’ start with its foliage .
Of a smoky , bronzy - green chromaticity , the leaves develop yellow and purple tints which deepen in fall when the flowers are no more .
While the flowers are around during this cultivar ’s remarkably long bloom season from late leap to early fall , they colour the shrub in a pop , almost electric , whole step of magenta - pink .
This industrial plant has receive the RHS Award of Garden Merit .
8)W.‘Slingco 1’
Bearing deep , red , funnel - shaped blossom whose chromaticity are stress by white pistils , ‘ All Summer Red ’ is another variety to view if you require a plash of bold colour in your garden .
It more than lives up to its name too , as this gorgeous cultivar blooms from mid - outpouring clear into autumn .
On the small side at about 75 curium tall , its lustrous green leaves display distinct reddish tinges during springtime .
9)W.‘Red Prince’
Perhaps the most pop variety here in the UK , ‘ Red Prince ’ has trumpet - determine flowers of a riveting lipstick - red chromaticity , with its white pistils making a ok counterpoint and fructify off the intense red .
This cultivar is 1 - 1.5 m tall and all-encompassing and sport pointy ovate leaves of a fresh unripe shade .
It blooms from the late spring and well into the summertime .
This bush is another recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit .
10)W.‘White Lightning’
Leaves of a mid - fleeceable nuance surrounded by thick , irregular , creamy - icteric borders make ‘ White Lightning ’ the most lay - back of my leaf selections .
The white or pink - flushed goblet - regulate rosiness that open from pink buds and bloom over late spring to mid - summer are the frost on the bar .
This cultivar rise to just under 2 m improbable and has a spread of just over 1 m.
11)W.florida‘Variegata Nana’
‘ Nana Variegata ’ is a wonderfully floriferous pick with foliation interest .
It is compact , growing to just over 1 m high with a like cattle ranch .
Its short green leaves go forth with shining yellowish edging which lighten up to a creamy colour , finally melt to white .
The small funnel - shaped bloom are of a gentle pastel lavender - pink hue and they too buoy up and slice to clean , mirroring the foliage .
These peak are assume from tardy spring into summertime .
12)W.‘Briant Rubidor’
‘ Olympiade ’ is a medium - sized variety reaching closely 2 m in both height and spreadhead .
The splendid ruby reddened hue of its funnel - shaped efflorescence is the principal dimension of this cultivar , though it has a further special characteristic – the foliage .
The efflorescence get underway first in late spring and keep into summertime , where the ab initio burnished green foliage turns lime green and then to a greenish - scandalmongering .
Some leaves even show mottled diversification in the fall .
13)W.florida‘Wings Of Fire’
A top pick for foliage colour , ‘ Wings of Fire ’ starts the fall exhibition way forwards of time .
By early summer , its mid - green leaves are inject with colour as various tones of yellowed and bronzy - red become more and more big .
The leaves move around orangish and coppery - bolshy by belated summer and go out in fall in tones of ‘ fire ’ that are mentioned in the cultivar ’s name .
Funnily enough , this acute cultivar support flowers of a seraphic pinkish colour and is just over 1 m eminent and broad .
14)W.florida‘Verweig’
‘ Verweig ’ foliation does not undergo striking coloration change , but it is esthetically pleasing the way it is .
To begin with , the leafage have a dark green centre with fatheaded and unpredictable cream edging .
The edging often has pink flushes or is entirely pinkish and its blooms are also a brilliant pink and are borne in late spring into summertime .
It imprint little little hummocks of a mere 60 atomic number 96 improbable and wide of the mark .
15)W.florida‘Minor Black’
dwell almost entirely of a colored chocolatey - purple hue , the glossy leaf of ‘ Minor Black ’ is offset by an abundance of funnel shape - shaped bloom in an electrical purplish - pinkish whole step that seem from previous spring .
One elbow room or another , this striking variety is an outlier among Weigela florida in its color pallet .
It reaches up to 75 cm in height and has a bed cover of about 1 m.
