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Weigela florida
' Minuet'
Old Fashioned Minuet Weigela
Mike's
Opinion
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Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ is a visually appealing shrub since it has deep purple foliage. The ruby-red flowers make it a great accent or specimen plant for groupings or massing. This cultivar is a dwarf, which makes it easily maintainable.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus |
| Weigela |
| Species |
| florida |
| Cultivar |
| ' Minuet' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5-9 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 4-8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -25 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -29 |
| Height |
| 1-1.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| This astonishing plant has very showy flowers in late spring, early summer. This particular plant has dark pink bell-shaped flowers. This cultivar is extremely cold hardy tolerating full sun, light shade, and thrives in average soils. |
| Landscape |
| This shrub is used best in groupings or massing. Also used in shrub borders, small hedges or foundation plantings. |
| Cultivation |
| Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ transplants fairly easily. Transplant bare root or from container. Prefers to be planted in well-drained soils in full sun – partial shade. This shrub is a medium grower and accepts acidic, neutral and alkaline soils. |
| Shape |
| Arching, dense, spreading and rounded. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| ID Characteristic |
| This elegant and hardy spring-flowering shrub is covered in reddish-pink trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow throats, which attract humming birds. It has green-tinged purple leaves. The corolla is ruby red and the petal lobes are lilac purple. |
| Pests |
| No serious pests or diseases. Weigela has little problem with insects, but is susceptible to fungal diseases, such as gray mold. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultured origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| The bark on Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ is grey-brown in colour. The bark has circular lenticels and rows of small hairs between the nodes. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Slightly fragrant ruby red tubular-shaped blooms in spring, with lilac-purple edges and yellow throats. Sparse or scattered blooms may occur again in mid to late summer. |
| Leaf Description |
| Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ has medium green leaves, opposite, simple, and ovate, 5–11 cm long, 2–3.5 cm wide, tomentose on lower veins. Leaves have a very short petiole. |
| Flower Description |
| Perfect flowers 3.2-6.5 cm long. Narrow below middle, rosy pink outside, with rounded spreading lobes. Dark pink bell shaped flowers. Blossoms are born on 1-year-old branches. |
| Fruit Description |
| The fruit has no ornamental value. Seed capsule that is 2 valved and 2.5 cm long. The seeds tend to be mostly without wings. |
| Colour Description |
| Leaf colour is medium to dark green/purple in the summer months and turns a brownish/purple colour in the autumn. Flowers are red; deep rose pink with yellow throats. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium texture in summer. Leaves are coarse in texture and when bare branches are of medium density. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Gardens of Fanshawe Colllege, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ is one of the easiest plants to root. Propagate from greenwood cuttings in early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in mid-summer. Tissue culture has been successful in the past. |
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