Weigela florida ‘Minuet’
$41.99
Weigela ‘Minuet’ is a dwarf mounding shrub with purple-tinged green leaves and lightly fragrant ruby-red to magenta flowers with lilac-purple lobes and yellow throats.
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Description
Weigela ‘Minuet’ is a hardy dwarf deciduous shrub about 25 inches tall and wide. It forms a dense, bushy mound of purple-tinged dark green leaves. Lightly fragrant funnel-shaped flowers measure 1.4 inches across, with ruby-red to magenta-rose tubes and outer surfaces, lilac-purple to magenta-purple lobes, and yellow throats.
Flowers appear in May and June. Grow the shrub in full sun or partial shade in fertile, moist but well-drained or well-drained chalk, clay, loam, or sand. It accepts acidic, neutral, or alkaline soil. Full sun gives the strongest flowering and foliage color, while very light shade is also suitable.
Maintain reasonable moisture and good drainage. Prune to shape immediately after flowering because fall pruning can remove the following spring’s flower buds. Propagate from softwood cuttings in early summer. Use it in a low hedge, border, container, courtyard, coastal, cottage, or wildlife garden. Monitor for leaf and bud eelworms, capsid bugs, brown scale, and honey fungus.
Additional information
| Height | 2 ft – 2 ft |
|---|---|
| Spread | 2 ft – 2 ft |
| Flowering months | May, June |
| Synonyms | Weigela florida 'Minuet', Weigela florida Minuet, Weigela Minuet |
| Family | Caprifoliaceae |
| Hazardous | unknown |
| Variegated | unknown |
| Color flower spring | Purple, Red, Yellow, Pink |
| Color flower summer | Purple, Red, Yellow, Pink |
| Aspect | East, South, West |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Habit | Bushy |
| Moisture | Moist but Well Drained, Well Drained Soil |
| Ph | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Position | Full sun, Partial shade |
| Scent | Fragrant Light |
| Shape | Mound-forming |
| Suggest planting location | Urban and courtyard gardens, Flowering borders, Patio and container use, Coastal conditions, Cottage and informal gardens |
| Type | Shrub |
| Use for | Hedge, Butterfly-Friendly, Bird-Friendly |
| Years to max height | 5 |
| Drought resistance | no |
| Soil | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
| Local names | Minuet Weigela |
| Blomidon Item No | MO23011745, WEIFLM0003G, 201956560 |
| Propagation | Propagate from softwood cuttings in early summer. |
| Pests | Leaf and bud eelworms, capsid bugs, and brown scale may be a problem. |
| Diseases | Honey fungus may be a problem. |
| Pruning | Prune to shape immediately after flowering and avoid fall pruning. |
| Watering instructions | Maintain reasonable moisture in well-drained soil and avoid waterlogging. |
| Sunlight instructions | Use full sun for best bloom and foliage color, or very light partial shade. |