Description
Weigela florida ‘Victoria’ is a beautifully compact deciduous shrub prized for its striking dark bronze-purple foliage and abundant deep rose-pink, funnel-shaped flowers. Blooming from late spring into early summer, with an occasional lighter second flush later in the season, this eye-catching shrub provides a wonderful contrast of rich flower colour against its dramatic dark leaves. A reliable, low-maintenance garden performer, it is fully hardy and well suited to UK gardens.
This plant is supplied as an outdoor garden-ready shrub in a 2L root-ball, ready for planting straight into borders, beds, or a generously sized container.
Why Choose Weigela Victoria?
- Deep bronze-purple foliage provides season-long interest from spring through to autumn
- Masses of rose-pink, funnel-shaped flowers beloved by bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
- Compact, bushy habit – ideal for smaller gardens, mixed borders, and containers
- Fully hardy and easy to grow in most well-drained soils
- RHS Award of Garden Merit holder – a trusted, proven garden variety
- Low maintenance – simply prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape
Planting and Care
Plant in a position that receives full sun to partial shade. Full sun encourages the best foliage colour and the most prolific flowering. Weigela Victoria thrives in most reasonably fertile, well-drained soils. Water regularly during the first growing season to help establish a strong root system. After flowering, lightly prune back flowered stems to encourage a tidy shape and promote healthy new growth for the following year.
Cultural Information
- Botanical Name: Weigela florida ‘Victoria’
- Common Names: Weigela Victoria, Victoria Weigela
- Classification: Deciduous Shrub
- Fully Grown Height and Spread: 1m–1.5m × 1m–1.5m
- Growth Habit: Compact, Bushy, Rounded Deciduous Shrub
- Perfect For: Mixed Borders, Cottage Gardens, Small Gardens, Containers
- Flowering Time: Late Spring to Early Summer (May–June), with possible second flush in late summer
- Flower Colour: Deep Rose-Pink, Funnel-Shaped
- Planting Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Soil: Most Well-Drained, Reasonably Fertile Soils
- Attracts: Bees, Butterflies and Pollinators
- Type: Fully Hardy Deciduous Shrub
- Foliage: Dark Bronze-Purple Oval Leaves
- Award: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
Notes: This listing is for the Victoria variety, distinguished by its particularly dark bronze-purple foliage which intensifies in full sun.
