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Weigela TUXEDO®

Weigela TUXEDO®

Weigela TUXEDO®

Format

Exposure

  • Sun
  • Partial shade

Rusticity

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

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

Spacing
31 - 35 in.
Spread
31 - 35 in.
Height
31 - 35 in.

Characteristics

Habit:

  • Bushy

Flowering colours:

  • Pure white

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

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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