Weigela 'RUMBA'

Weigela 'RUMBA'
weigela

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.8-1m
USUAL WIDTH	0.8-1.3m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	June - September
LOCATION	full to partial sun
SOIL TYPE	neutral
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf Summer blooms

Rumba is a compact weigela variety with extended bloom time. It produces rich purple red, funnel-shaped flowers from early June until September. Leaves are deciduous, broadly elliptic with a pointed tip, rich green in early summer with red margins, and gaining burgundy red hues in late summer. Rumba weigela offers a beautiful autumn colour shifting – rich brown-red with purple red shades. The habit is almost mounding.

Weigelas thrive in semi-fertile, slightly moist soil, preferably in full sun. They can take heavy and compacted soil, too, but will need more time to grow nice. Pruning: remove flowering branches right after flowering by about two thirds in early summer, or prune compact varieties by about a third or half in midsummer. Hardy to approx. -29°C (USDA zone 5) but not suitable for outdoor pots (risk of drying out in winter).

Last update: 23-10-2014

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FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
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