Weigela TUXEDO®
Weigela TUXEDO®
Weigela TUXEDO®
Exposure
- Sun
- Partial shade
Rusticity
Bloom time
- June
- July
- August
- September
- Long lasting flowering
- Compact habit
- Abundant flowers
- Colourful foliage
- Attracts butterflies
Add a touch of elegance to your garden with the Weigela TUXEDO, a compact and easy-care shrub that stands out with its dark purple foliage and abundant white bell-shaped flowers. This award-winning cultivar, from the world's top Weigela breeding program, is a true pollinator magnet, attracting bees and hummingbirds.
Features:
- Foliage: Deep purple, almost black, creating a striking contrast with the flowers.
- Flowers: Abundant white bell-shaped flowers in spring, with potential for reblooming in summer.
- Growth: Medium, reaching 4 to 5 feet in height and width.
- Habit: Compact and rounded, ideal for small spaces.
- Maintenance: Easy, drought-tolerant and adaptable to poor soils.
Growing Tips:
- Exposure: Full sun for darker foliage and abundant blooms.
- Soil: Well-drained, tolerates a variety of soils.
- Watering: Moderate, allow soil to dry between waterings.
- Pruning: Lightly prune after the first bloom to encourage reblooming.
- Uses: Beds, low hedges, borders, specimen, in pots on patios or balconies.
Benefits:
- Resistant to diseases and pests.
- Tolerates urban pollution.
- Attracts pollinators.
- Offers a striking contrast with its dark foliage and white flowers.
- Easy to grow and maintain.
Plant details
Dimensions
Dimensions
Characteristics
Characteristics
Habit:
- Bushy
Flowering colours:
- Pure white
Plant needs
Plant needs
Watering:
- Tolerates dry
- well-drained soil. Water regularly during the planting year and during drought.
Maintenance:
- Easy
Soil requirement:
- Fertile
- Fresh
- Well-drained soil
Features
Features
Resistance:
- White-tailed deer
Attract:
- Butterflies
- Hummingbirds
- Pollinators
Use:
- Border
- Hedge
- Isolated
- Flowerbed
- Open ground
- Butterfly garden
- Bird garden
Attribute:
- Colourful foliage
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