Weigela florida 'Strobe™'

Witness the Weigela Strobe™ transform your garden with a breathtaking spectrum of colour. From spring through autumn, its vibrant pink blossoms light up foliage that shifts from brilliant green and bronze to fiery orange, culminating in an intense crimson red. This compact, easy-care shrub gives you more time to simply enjoy your garden, fuss-free.

Characteristics

• Foliage: This weigela's leaves offer an evolving colour spectacle, shifting from green and bronze in spring, to orange in summer, and ending in a striking crimson red in autumn. The foliage is deciduous.
• Flowering: It produces bright pink flowers that beautifully stand out against the colourful foliage. The main bloom occurs in spring.
• Light Requirements: Needs full sun (6+ hours per day) for optimal flowering and foliage colours.
• Habit: This weigela displays a rounded and compact habit, making it ideal for small spaces.
• Growth: Its growth is moderate, reaching a mature size of approximately 90 cm (3 feet) in height and width.
• Humidity: Prefers moderately moist soil, but tolerates dry and well-drained soils once established.
• Soil: Adapts well to most garden soils, provided they are well-drained.
• Temperature: Very cold hardy, it's tolerant down to -34 °C or -30 °F.
• Watering: Water moderately. Once established, it tolerates drought.
• Resistances: Resistant to deer and drought.

Usage

• Types of Use: Perfect for mass plantings, borders, flowerbeds, containers, and even as a standalone specimen. Its compact size makes it ideal for small landscape designs and patios.
• Decorative Benefits: Its seasonally changing foliage colours and luminous pink flowers offer extended visual interest, adding constant vibrancy to your garden. It also attracts pollinators.

Maintenance

• Fertilization: A light fertilization in spring with a balanced fertilizer promotes healthy growth and abundant flowering.
• Pruning: Prune lightly right after the first blooms finish to encourage rebloom. You can also prune to maintain its compact shape or to remove dead or damaged branches in late winter or early spring.
• Planting:
  • Spacing: Approximately 90 cm (3 feet) between each plant.
  • Depth: Plant at the same depth as it was in its container.
  • Period: Spring or fall are the best times for planting.