Midnight Wine weigela
Weigela florida 'Midnight Wine'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size10 to 12 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Midnight Wine' weigela (Weigela Florida 'Midnight Wine') is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, accents, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It blooms in spring and again in summer, and butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the flowers. The shrub has an arching habit and tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Annabelle hydrangea, Ornamental onion, and First Frost hosta.