Electric Love® Weigela
Weigela florida 'ZR1'
Height: 24 inches
Spread: 3 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 3b
Brand: Bloomin' Easy
Description:
An outstanding, unique selection, featuring vibrant red bell flowers over dark, near black foliage; attracts hummingbirds; very compact, great for patio containers, along walkways, or as a mass planting; easy to grow and low maintenance
Ornamental Features
Electric Love® Weigela is draped in stunning clusters of red bell-shaped flowers along the branches from mid spring to late summer. It has attractive plum purple foliage with hints of black. The serrated pointy leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall colour.
Landscape Attributes
Electric Love® Weigela is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Electric Love® Weigela is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
Electric Love® Weigela will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It has a low canopy. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Electric Love® Weigela makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
