Weigela 'Olympiade' BRIANT RUBIDOR®
Weigela 'Olympiade' BRIANT RUBIDOR®
weigela
weigela
| SIZE/TYPE | medium-sized shrub |
|---|---|
| USUAL HEIGHT | 1.5-2m |
| USUAL WIDTH | 1.5-2m |
| LEAVES | deciduous broadleaf |
| COLOUR OF LEAVES |
 + multicoloured:yellow and light green |
| FLOWERS | showy |
| COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
 deep pink
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| BLOOMING TIME | May - June |
| LOCATION | full to partial sun |
| SOIL TYPE | any (acidic to alkaline) |
| USDA zone (lowest) | 4 (down to -34°C) |
| WINTER PROTECTION | |
| FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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| FOR ZONE 7 |
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| BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Deciduous broadleaf Hedging plants |
Weigelas are highly praised and frequently used landscape plants because they are problem-free, profusely flowering shrubs which require little or no maintenance. They are deciduous and commonly grow 1.5-2.5m tall and wide, while new and modern varieties are bred for more compact growth and there are even dwarf cultivars available today. Weigelas come from East Asia (North China, Korea, Japan) and were named after German professor Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748-1831) from University of Geifswalg.
BRIANT RUBIDOR®, formerly sold as Olympiade, is a French weigela variety found in by André Briant around 1980 as a sport of Bristol Ruby weigela. It boasts vibrant red flowers on the background of glowing yellow to chartreuse foliage. Flowers appear from about mid May for 3-4 weeks with a sparce rebloom in late August. It grows into an upright, well-branched, deciduous shrub. European patent EU 5090 was surrendered in 1999.
Pruning is essential if you want a pretty plant which weigelas can easily be. Since they flower mostly on previous year's wood prune them by one third or even one half right after flowering in June so that they have enough of time to make plenty of new twigs that will mature quickly and bear plenty of flowers in the next season. Use them as screening plants in informal flowering hedges, in parks and public landscapes, or as specimens in small sized gardens.
Weigelas thrive in semi-fertile, slightly moist soil, preferably in full sun, however you can often see them growing in part shade or even complete shade and they still bloom. They can take heavy and compacted soil, too, but will need more time to become nice and bushy. Occasional flooding is not a problem, in fact, they prefer excess water rather than drought. Their hardiness varies with variety, but usually they withstand min. -29 °C (USDA zone 5). BRIANT RUBIDOR® is hardy to about -34 °C (USDA zone 4). Despite good hardiness large growing weigelas are not suitable for outdoor pots (risk of drying out in winter).
Last update: 18-05-2007; 11-02-2015; 15-02-2022
BRIANT RUBIDOR®, formerly sold as Olympiade, is a French weigela variety found in by André Briant around 1980 as a sport of Bristol Ruby weigela. It boasts vibrant red flowers on the background of glowing yellow to chartreuse foliage. Flowers appear from about mid May for 3-4 weeks with a sparce rebloom in late August. It grows into an upright, well-branched, deciduous shrub. European patent EU 5090 was surrendered in 1999.
Pruning is essential if you want a pretty plant which weigelas can easily be. Since they flower mostly on previous year's wood prune them by one third or even one half right after flowering in June so that they have enough of time to make plenty of new twigs that will mature quickly and bear plenty of flowers in the next season. Use them as screening plants in informal flowering hedges, in parks and public landscapes, or as specimens in small sized gardens.
Weigelas thrive in semi-fertile, slightly moist soil, preferably in full sun, however you can often see them growing in part shade or even complete shade and they still bloom. They can take heavy and compacted soil, too, but will need more time to become nice and bushy. Occasional flooding is not a problem, in fact, they prefer excess water rather than drought. Their hardiness varies with variety, but usually they withstand min. -29 °C (USDA zone 5). BRIANT RUBIDOR® is hardy to about -34 °C (USDA zone 4). Despite good hardiness large growing weigelas are not suitable for outdoor pots (risk of drying out in winter).
Last update: 18-05-2007; 11-02-2015; 15-02-2022
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