Weigela florida Old Fashioned Weigela 5 Japan, Korea and Northern China Spreading, dense, rounded shrub. 6 to 9 feet high by 9 to 12 feet wide Rosy pink, like a funnel with rounded and spreading flower lobes Late May-June Leaves are 2-4 inches long and opposite Not showy.     Not showy.     'Avalanche' - Free flowering white form. 'Bristol Ruby' - Ruby red flowers and erect form. 'Bristol Snowflake' - White with some pink. 'Candida' - Pure white flowers. 'Follis Purpurlis' - purplish-green foliage, pink flowers, dwarf habit ‘Centennial’ - Robust shrub to 9’ with red flowers to tips of branches. ‘Conquerant’- Very large deep pink flowers almost 2” long, spreading habit. ‘Dame Blanche’ - Almost pure white but with a pink tinge, large flowers. ‘Dart’s Colordream’- Cream and rose-red, probably 4 to 6’ high. ‘Dropmore Pink' - Hardy pink strain. ‘Eva Rathke’ - A slow growing cultivar of compact habit with bright crimson-red flowers with yellow anthers. ‘Eva Supreme’-Vigorous grower with bright red flowers. ‘Evita’ - Resembles ‘Eva Rathke’ in flower color (red), but is dense and spreading in habit, 2 to 3’ high. ‘Floreal’ - Clear rose-pink outside, deep carmine-pink throat, large flowered, floriferous. ‘Foliis Purpureis’ - Pink flowers with purplish green foliage and 4’ tall. ‘Gracieux’ - Erect, free flowering, salmon-rose with sulfur-yellow throat, large flowered, floriferous. ‘Lawrence’ - Exceptional hardiness, floriferous, pale blue flowers. ‘Lucifer’- A compact form, 3 to 6’ high with dark green foliage and large, deep red flowers. ‘Minuet’- Very dwarf compact form with dark ruby red flowers profusely borne over the purple tinged dark green foliage. ‘Mont Blanc’ - Vigorous form with large white, fragrant flowers. ‘Newport Red’ - Similar to ‘Eva Rathke’, flowers not as bright and more purple-red. ‘Pink Delight' - Deep pink flowers, more compact habit, greater cold hardiness. ‘Pink Princess’ - A pink (actually lavender-pink) flowered hardy selection, 5 to 6’ high, spreading. ‘Polka’- A 3 to 4’ high, 4 to 5’ wide shrub, flowers are pink on outside of the corolla with a yellow inner throat. ‘Red Prince' - Red flowers that do not fade, recurrent flowering in late summer, upright growing. ‘Rumba’ - Vigorous, compact spreading shrub, yellow-green leaves with purple edges, flowers dark red with a yellow throat. ‘Samba’- Compact, vigorous shrub that grows about 3’ high and wide, flowers are red with a yellow throat. ‘Seduction’- Magenta-rose, buds dark red, heavy flowering. ‘Styriaca’ - Small carmine-rose flowers freely borne on arching branches, smaller shrub, foliage light green. ‘Tango’- Compact shrub, 2’ high, leaves are purple on the upper surface, dark green below, flowers are red on the outside, yellowish in the throat. 'Variegata' - flowers deep rose, leaves edged pale yellow, compact habit 'Variegata Nana' - smallest of all the Weigelas, seldom over 5 feet tall with variegated foliage 'Venusta' - Hardiest, graceful in habit with pale, uniformly purplish-pink flowers.

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