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Weigela
'Florida Variegata'
Old Fashioned Variegated Weigela
| Family |
| Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus |
| Weigela |
| Cultivar |
| 'Florida Variegata' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 8 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -23 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -15 |
| Height |
| 1.8 - 3 m |
| Spread |
| 1 - 1.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| This weigela has very appealing pink flowers and a honey-like scent with variegated leaves and a mounded shape. It tolerates pollution and can be pruned at any time of the year to maintain form and vigour. |
| Landscape |
| Freestanding shrub, or a mid to background shrub for borders, can be trained as an espalier but rarely done or seen. |
| Cultivation |
| Flourishes in most, well-drained and chalky soils. Prune after flowering to maintain vigour. |
| Shape |
| Rounded and multi-stemmed. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| Leaf and bud eelworms and honey fungus. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Light brown, very rough and not ornamentally significant. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Sharply-pointed and opposite in arrangement. |
| Leaf Description |
| 5 - 15 cm long ovate-oblong leaves with an acuminate tip and serrated margins. They are hairy above and beneath, rigid and deeply veined. |
| Flower Description |
| 2 - 4 cm long, five lobed, white pink or red, rarely yellow and produced on old wood. They are honey-scented and are held in clusters of 3 - 5 blooms. |
| Fruit Description |
| A dry capsule containing lots of small winged seeds. The seed heads are dark to mid-brown in colour and often persist through the winter months. |
| Colour Description |
| Pink flowers in summer. Variegated leaves that are green and white. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium texture. |
| Propagation |
| From semi-ripe cuttings taken in the early summer or hardwood cuttings in the winter. |
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