Weigela Picobella® Rosa

Planting Advice for Weigela:

• Before planting, incorporate plenty of well-rotted manure or garden compost into the soil.
• Plant Weigela at the same depth as they were planted in their pots.
• Dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill once the shrub is in place.
• Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
• Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
• Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot and refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
• Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
• Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
• If you're planting into pots, use the best compost you can buy and add some sand or grit for drainage and to weigh the pot down.

Aftercare Advice for Weigela:

• If growing in a container, ensure that the plant is kept well-watered, even through the winter - do not allow the soil to dry out.

Pruning Advice for Weigela:

• Naturally branching so no need for time-consuming pruning, just cut back after flowering; cut back flowering branches by at least two thirds to encourage growth of new shoots that will flower in the following season.
• On older plants, remove one or two of the older stems to the base and cutting back the flowered stems to strong shoots below the spent flowers.