Weigela florida 'PINK PRINCESS' weigela

Pink Princess is a pink flowering weigela developed at Iowa State University in the USA. It bears a profusion of lilac pink, narrowly funnel-shaped, mostly pendent flowers from about mid May for 3-4 weeks with a light rebloom in late August. Deciduous leaves are broadly elliptic to narrowly obovate, acuminate, medium green, and finely serrated at margins. It grows moderately into an upright shrub with arching branches without pruning.

Pruning is essential if you want a pretty plant which weigelas can easily be. Since they flower mostly on previous year's wood prune them by one third or even one half right after flowering in June so that they have enough of time to make plenty of new twigs that will mature quickly and bear plenty of flowers in the next season. Use them as screening plants in informal flowering hedges, in parks and public landscapes, or as specimens in small sized gardens.

Weigelas thrive in semi-fertile, slightly moist soil, preferably in full sun, however you can often see them growing in part shade or even complete shade and they still bloom. They can take heavy and compacted soil, too, but will need more time to become nice and bushy. Occasional flooding is not a problem, in fact, they prefer excess water rather than drought. Their hardiness varies with variety, but usually they withstand min. -29 °C (USDA zone 5). Pink Princess is hardy to about -34 °C (USDA zone 4). Despite good hardiness large growing weigelas are not suitable for outdoor pots (risk of drying out in winter).

Last update: 15-02-2022