Weigela problem

I have been given a very healthy looking red weigela plant & I suppose it should be planted in a border but because I am having disability problems I am trying to make my garden very low maintenance, so my question is, can I plant this weigela in a large ceramic pot ?

 

Many thanks, I'll get it planted this afternoon.

 

Anything in a pot is not low maintenance, by definition! In a hot season it could mean committing yourself to daily watering.

If you put it in the ground, all you will have to do is prune it once a year, and it wouldn't matter much if you forgot, although it could get quite big then.

 

Thanks for that info but I have set my hose pipe up so that all i have to do is turn the tap on and I can sit in my chair and water all my pots whilst sitting down. I have sweet peas & tomatoes which need watering sometimes twice a day in the summer, but I'm quite content to do that now that I can't get out and about as much. Thanks again.

 

Yorkshire lass I too am disabled but a wigelia won't go bananas if you put it in the ground,. I love mine and cut it back each year. I have lots of plants in pots but sometimes you do need some in the ground to give you background. I hope yours does well in the pot.

 

OK, I'll give it a go & plant it in the ground; I do have a rather large space where it would be happy !

 

You could put a bit of old carpet around it - that would keep the weeds down for years to come, and mulch it to keep the moisture in - if that would reduce the "Maintenance" ?

 

Sounds delightfully well-organised, wish my set-up was so straightforward!
I have my hose on a pieces of twine hanging from the landing window so it can be hauled up and attached to the bathroom tap - the kitchen sink tap is one of those daft modern ones and I don't know how to attach a hose to it. An outside tap would bean asset!