Green bush with pink flowers - came with house!

Hi all,

Any ideas what this lovely shrub is called ? Its not evergreen and starts in spring getting green leaves, then in May gets these lovely pink flowers on that sadly dont last long enough!











Came with the house when we moved in but I do rather like it. Would be nice to know what it is though!

 

Looks like it could be a weigela

http://www.sbg.org.uk/weigela.asp

They are many different types, including variegated ones. Give it a prune after flowering, and you may get a second show.

Hope this Helps!

 

I have exactly the same plant-it's a beauty-but for some reason weigela isn't ringing any bells.


Saying that-I'm no good with id-ing plants. But a second flush is certain if you prune the whole plant after this flowering is done.

 

well i found this and am pretty sure, i think, this is what I have so the ID is probably right :-

http://www.envisioninggreen.com/images/weigela_minuet.jpg

How would you prune it exactly to get a second show ? How much would you cut off each branch etc ? (sorry definately a newbie when it comes to pruning!)


Lollipop - this is the lovely shrub thats being hiding partly underneath the big bridal wreath bush!

 

All the more reason to thin the whole bush out-the bridal wreath I mean, and give this beauty a chance.


IU get the feeling Sam, that you will benefit from learning all you can from propagation, then strip both plants fro cuttings and put them where you want them.

 

Just trim off any over hanging bits, or bits that have grown long and straggly.

Someone said to me once, the art of good pruning is to prune a plant and make it look like you haven't touched it.

If you don't prune too much off at first you will get your confidence up, and be able to prune and have the knowledge of where to prune to. It all comes with experience.

All I'd take off your weigela from the picture above is the bits over hanging onto the deck, to just in-line with the decking edge, similar from the path side, and there is stem coming towards you on the photo, I'd have some of that off as well. Does that make sense?

Hope this Helps!

 

Am miles away from doing anything like that. I am still in the "read packet, plant and hope it lives" stage :lollol:

Up until we had the decking put in (3 years ago) I never ever ventured into the garden. It was purely something that came free with the house and somewhere the dog went.

2 years ago I started with hanging baskets and planters and put in a load of shrubs along the border (most of them probably in the wrong places!), so its only really been this year thats its getting more interesting now I have realised I havent killed everything off.

I did though ask my mum if she would move this shrub last year, or possibly the year before but she said at the time that you couldnt really move it as the roots probably went under the decking as it was a well established shrub before I moved in here 6/7 years ago, so didnt want to risk loosing it.

Guess thats why I joined the forum though really to get a bit of advise and help along the way

 

That will give me a good place to start from. Maybe if I take some off when it finished flowering and see how it goes. Maybe post back. Dont think it flowers for very long though if i can remember back to last summer. Am sure it only flowers for a few weeks!

 

Yes - thats the one!! Thank you, will have a good read up about it now