| Description | Tuxedo Weigela (Weigela florida) has true-white bell-shaped flowers against dark foliage, on a compact medium shrub. |
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| Pronunciation | (why-GEE-la)(FLOR-i-da) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full is best for foliage color and flowers, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | funnel-shaped, white, starts 1-2 week in June and last for 2 weeks (in zone #5) |
| Leaves | simple dark green to purple green to very dark purple green |
| Dimensions | 4 plus by 3 plus feet (HS) |
| Maintenance | Weigela will have some winter kill on their branches and need some clean-up in the spring; heavy pruning should be done after flowering to preserve the flower buds for next year |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Genus Weigela was named in honor of the German botanist Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748-1833) |
| Author's Notes | Have this growing in my yard. I planted it in a bed of 'Ingwersen's variety' Geranium (Geranium macrorrhizum) in full sun. Good dark leaf color and white flowers. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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