Purple Leaf Weigela Varieties
From the breeder of wine roses comes a new dwarf midnight wine.
Purple leaf weigela varieties. Midnight wine is ideal for the front of the border or for edging the perennial bed. Leaves emerge with a distinctive wavy edge that also provides great texture. It s a traditional feature of cottage gardens and several weigela cultivars have variegated foliage dwarf forms and even second bloomers. After selecting out the best plants he crossed pollinated those and repeated the process numerous times until he got what he was after the first truly purple leafed weigela.
Midnight wine elvera also has burgundy purple leaves. Midnight wine is also one of the smallest weigela on the market naturally growing as a tiny little mound just 1 5 tall and wide. From the breeder of wine roses weigela comes dwarf midnight wine weigela. Ideal for the front of the border or for edging the perennial bed.
Particularly interesting varieties include carnaval w. The corolla is red and the petal lobes are lilac purple. This tidy mound of dark burgundy purple leaves on thornless stems can be used as an accent plant or a dramatic mass planting. Weigela florida elvera plant patent 12 217.
Plant breeders rights 2643. It flowers very little but its dramatic foliage more than makes up for it. Mid late spring some rebloom in summer. This tidy mound of dark burgundy purple leaves can be used as an accent plant or a dramatic mass planting.
The throat of the flower is yellow. Geers patiently crossed existing varieties of weigela sowing out thousands of seeds each year and selecting out only those with the darkest foliage. Weigela weigela spp is a deciduous shrub noted for trumpetlike flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden in late spring most varieties are suited to u s. The foliage and flowers of this award winning variety contrast sharply making a bold statement in the landscape.
Medium stature 4 5 feet tall and wide. A nice choice for gardeners craving the midas touch is golden jackpot weigela florida monrigney. This variety is stronger than the other dwarf plants. Still other types of weigela bushes have golden or lime colored foliage.
Rose pink flowers dark purple leaves. Midnight wine weigela offers the darkest foliage of any weigela. Courtalor with pink red and white flowers and rebloomers rumba and victoria which follow profuse early summer blooming with. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9 or 10.
It is a dwarf version of wine and roses reaching a maximum of 2 feet tall both sport pink flowers.