Snippet Dark Pink weigela
Weigela florida 'Snippet Dark Pink'
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Snippet Dark Pink' weigela (Weigela Florida 'Snippet Dark Pink') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, hedges, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in spring and again in summer, and it draws butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. It sits low on the menu for deer. Its arching form also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Standing Ovation little bluestem, Liberty hosta, and Christmas fern.