Want the perfect shrub for your landscaping needs? This low-maintenance plant is perfect for beginners and will provide you with some truly lovely flowers.

Description: A deciduous, spring-blooming shrub with trumpet-shaped flowers, Weigela florida is a common garden species native to Japan. This member of the honeysuckle family spreads 6 to 9 feet high ...

New varieties of shrubs gardeners have known for decades come on the market every year. The hydrangea, for example, now includes dozens of new varieties in different sizes and colors. The same is true ...

Q: I have a weigela bush that I pruned back after it was done blooming in late spring. But it's grown a lot and is too big now for my liking. Can I trim it again in the fall or won't it bloom if I do?

Many of us probably think of weigela as a plant in our grandparents’ yard. The ones on the market today are nothing like their predecessors. For one thing, plant breeders have scaled down the shrub to ...

New varieties of shrubs that gardeners have known for decades come on the market every year. The hydrangea, for example, now includes dozens of new varieties in different sizes and colors. The same is ...

Hybridizers have worked diligently in the last decade to bring gardeners many new cultivars of weigela, improving on their flowers, foliage and habit. In the past, a glorious display of spring flowers ...

Q: I planted several weigela shrubs in front of the house 18 years ago. My neighbors’ vinca has invaded that area. We have a bunch of pretty, large blue rocks and a lot of Mexican pebble rock that the ...