The wild beauty - veygela - has long been a cultivated plant. Shrubs decorate the cottages, gardens and are used for the design of urban flower beds.
Gender description
Weigela is a genus of deciduous shrubs of the Honeysuckle family with bell-shaped flowers of pink, yellow, cream, brick, white and dark red colors, and the color can vary depending on the flowering phase.
Shrub blossoms twice a year: from mid-May to mid-June and from mid-August to the first cold snap in September. The lush and long flowering makes the weigela a great choice when designing the landscape.
Did you know? The genus is named after the famous German botanist Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel.
Popular species and varieties
The genus includes from twelve to fifteen varieties of shrubs. In the nature of our latitudes, three wild species are represented, on the basis of which nine ornamental species are derived. In this article we look at the most popular types.
Hybrid
The abundantly blooming hybrid weigela reaches one and a half meters in height. Gardeners often use hybrid varieties to design their site. The color of the inflorescences depends on the hybrid variety:
- "Red Prince". The shrub of this variety has rich red flowers. The bush is quite compact, therefore it is well suited for planting in groups in small areas;
- "Eva Ratke" - breeding variety bred by crossing the Korean and blooming weigela. Bushes small, grow to a meter. The flowers are glossy, dark red;
- "Fier Lemoine" has delicate pink flowers and a relatively miniature bush size;
- "Debussy" - the most early flowering variety of the hybrid species of weigela. It has small red flowers;
- "Gustav Malle". The crossing of flowering and Korean weigela allowed us to obtain a variety that has dark pink flowers with a white frill;
Blooming shrubs such as buddleya David, heather, hibiscus, hydrangea, jasmine, silverweed, camellia, magnolia, lilac, spirea, forsythia will perfectly decorate your garden.
- "Rosea". This variety is a hybrid of the same species, differing only in color: large flowers have a light, pink shade;
- "Candida"- shrub with white flowers. The color is preserved, even when the period of wilting begins;
- "Newport Red" - blooming with purple flowers shrub has unusually bright green leaves;
- "Pierre Duchartre". Ovary buds are black. When blooming flower shade changes to dark brown.
Important! Weighels are planted in spring in well-warmed soil, and in autumn until mid-October.
Maksimovic
The plant is originally from Japan. The size of perennial Weigela Maksimovich is relatively average, one and a half meters high. The bush blossoms with yellowish bell-shaped flowers from mid-May to mid-June. 
Middendorf
This type of weigela is found in coniferous forests, it blooms twice a year with flowers of yellow color with orange spots and dots. As an ornamental shrub looks spectacular with a group landing. 
Korean
Luxurious shrub up to five meters. The domesticated bush grows up to one and a half meters. The leaves are glossy on top and hairy below. The flowers are able to change color: from the moment of flowering, they are pale pink, and in the period of violent bloom - carmine.
Flowering occurs two weeks later than in other species, and lasts about a month. 
Nice
Weigela with such a sonorous name is common in Primorye, on the Kuriles and Sakhalin. Wild-growing shrub is almost not cultivated, therefore in the middle lane most often the seeds in the boxes do not ripen.
Also blooms twice in summer with pink-purple flowers, 3 centimeters in diameter. The height of the bush is relatively small - from a meter to one and a half. 
Blooming
Wild shrub in the mountains of Japan. The name of the species speaks for itself: on a lush bush with a height of three meters, many dark red flowers are formed, which eventually turn light pink. The plant is frost-resistant and moisture-loving, but very demanding on the soil.
Important! June is the time for rejuvenating shrubs.
Blooming
Weigela blooming ("Florida") is found in northern China and areas of Primorye. Blooms profusely, flowers form four inflorescences of bright pink color. It has the following subspecies:
- "Alexandra" - has dark purple leaves and flowers;
- Weigela purple. It has terracotta leaves and bright pink flowers;
- Weigela is pink. The form having dark pink flowers, white inside;
- "Alba". A miniature-shaped shrub whose white inflorescences turn pink during the period of withering;
- Weigela "Victoria". During flowering, the bush becomes almost monotonous: the leaves have a brownish-red color, and the inflorescences are crimson.
Early
Weigela early - inhabitant of the rocky slopes of China and North Korea. It has a neat spherical shape of the crown. Flowers - bright pink with a yellow core. 
Sadovaya
Weigela Garden originally from Japan. Differs miniature: the height of the bush - no more than one meter. Blooms profusely. Pink-carmine bloom persists on the bush for about three weeks. 
Japanese
Weigela Japanese also can not boast of a special height, but shrubs up to a meter make it an excellent decorative ornament for the garden plot.
Important! The plant is quite whimsical: it has special requirements for the soil, it is moisture-loving and needs shelter for the winter.
Growing tips
Recommendations for agricultural technology Weigela:
- Weigela prefers a warm climate, and in spite of the fact that there are sufficiently cold-resistant species of the plant, it bears down the winter hard and requires shelter.
- Land for planting is to choose sunny, with loose fertilized soil.
- Landing is made in the spring.
- Further watering the bush should be regular and abundant.
- It is useful to carry out mulching and loosening the soil, as well as formative pruning of branches.
All types and varieties of weigela are very popular in landscape design. Particularly impressive sprawling weigela crown looks in the garden, decorated in Japanese style. Considering the photo of this wonderful shrub, you definitely want to have one on your site. 
