Weigela are spectacular pot plants to grow this year. Story by Thomas Rutter • 10mo. G rowing shrubs in pots is an ideal way to add structure, texture and color to outside spaces.

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 ...

New varieties of these once-scrubby shrubs are still drought-tolerant and low-maintenance, but now also colorful and interesting year-round. Skip to content. ... WEIGELA IS A hardy, ...

Rabbits eat practically everything else in my garden but not my weigela plants. As well, these varieties are hardy to zone 4 and can handle temperatures down to minus 34 Celsius.

Starting a new weigela. Updated: Jun. 28, 2011, 1:20 p.m. ... At that point, you've got baby new plants and can transplant them into individual pots or into a shaded raised bed with good soil.

The same is true of the Weigela. Though many newer varieties of this shrub have appeared, I still like the old-fashioned Weigela florida. When we bought our house 25 years ago, ...

My Wine & Roses Weigela shrubs are leafing out only about 5 % throughout the shrubs. ... so for now, just wait. It is really still early for some plants.

Q: Does weigela grow well in Houston? One nursery classifies it for zones up to 9, however, most nurseries say it's suitable for zones up to 8. — K.O., Houston A: This spring-flowering shrub ...