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• Recognized for its midnight plum-colored foliage
  
• Deciduous, so it drops its leaves in winter
  
• In June-July, it produces pretty white flowers — that resemble those of the spirea
  
• Exfoliating bark
  
• It needs sun for better foliage color but it's adaptable to all conditions
  
• Older plants are drought-tolerant
  
• Grows 6 to 10 feet tall — and as wide
  
• Zones 2 to 7

Care:

• Water regularly until established
  
• Can be pruned to the ground in the winter to reduce the size or rejuvenate the plant

• New cultivar — a dwarf version of 'Wine and Roses'
  
• Dark metallic burgundy-purple foliage and pink flowers that bloom in the spring and fall.
  
• Full sun for best foliage color
  
• Neat, easy-to-care-for plant
  
• 18 to 24 inches high — and 24 to 26 inches wide

• A new variegated variety with leaves that are a combination of dark green with a thick, lime-green margin; deep scarlet red flowers.
  
• A new selection from Andre Briant of France released in the U.S. in the spring of 1999.
  
• Height, 4 to 6; 4 feet spread
  
• Zones 4 or 5 to 8

Care for weigelas:

• All are happy in full sun especially shrubs with dark plum foliage — they need the sun to keep their color.
  
• They love good drainage.
  
• Fertilize in spring
  
• Prune after flowering to retain shape of young branches and prune old growth to the ground. The dwarf variety requires little or no pruning