Saturday, April 02, 2005

Java Red Weigela

This weigela has beautiful red flowers. The plants can be put close together to serve as a hedge for your collard patch to keep out dogs and racoons or as a border along your path down to your collard patch.

This dwarf variety is especially popular, 'cause you can still jump over it, if you have to chase some critter or somebody out of the collard patch.

Java Red Weigela: "The Wiegela 'Java Red', Weigela florida 'Java Red', is one of the oldest Wiegelas. It is a dwarf, only rarely exceeding four feet of height, making it at its biggest half the size of the majority of Weigelas. Due to its compact habit it is one of the least prone to ranginess when left unpruned, though some degree of ranginess seems inescapable even with a compact dwarf. This plant is useful as a background planting, summer screen or in shrub borders. This shrub is deciduous."

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