Weigela florida Minor Black = 'Verveig 3'
Also known as Weigela florida 'Minor Black', Weigela 'Minor Black'
- Height × spread
- 1.3m × 1.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A showy plant that has both foliage and floral interest. The leaves are coloured a bronzed green to blackish shade. The colour improves as the season progresses, especially if grown in full sunlight. The flowers, appearing in May and June are a deep warm shade of red, tubular in shape with yellow anthers just apparent in their flared mouths. They can be borne with great freedom, largely covering the plant. The shrub has a spreading growth habit and it can be a backdrop to herbaceous plants, perhaps with silvered foliage or as a contrast to green foliage shrubs. This is a choice shrub and delivers well if positioned with care.
- Flower colour
- Red
- Foliage colour
- Black, Brown
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 1.3m
- Spread
- 1.3m
- Height in 10 years
- 0.8m
- Spread in 10 years
- 0.8m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring-Summer - early-mid · Planting
Prune after flowering
When the plant has flowered, cut all the flowered shoots back to healthy buds that are lower on the stems. When the plant is established, take out a quarter of the oldest branches to the ground at this time.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
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