The Red Prince weigela becomes an upright deciduous shrub with average green leaves and gong - shaped cherry-red flowers in former summer . This variety ’s key features let in bloom that do not fade their red color in vivid sunlight as well as bring on a small flowering presentation again in later summer . Plant Red Prince weigela in a fecund , damp , well - enfeeble dirt in at least six hour of daily sunlight in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 4 through 8 . It slowly grow to a mature height of 5 to 6 feet and 4 to 5 feet wide .
Step 1
off dead or diseased branch of the Red Prince weigela with a bridge player pruners . Make the pruning cut 1/4 - inch above a lower good for you arm junction or bow to full withdraw the dead or disease - ridden outgrowth . Consider spraying the pruning sword with scratch alcoholic beverage if it was a diseased branch and you plan on make more pruning cuts on other level-headed plants .
Step 2
Cut the bulk of main leg back by one - third their duration across the entire shrub after flowering display of Red Prince weigela wanes by midsummer . Make all pruning cut 1/4 - in above a lower branch colligation , sizable leaf or dormant bud . Feel free to somewhat stagger the heights of cut across the shrub so it does not look like a sheering ballock when your summer pruning task is done .
Step 3
Allow novel growth to sprout back from the midsummer pruning . you may remove any dead or diseased offset , but do no further pruning of the weigela shrub the rest of the year .
Step 4
Tip snip any errant branches after winter ends to remove any dead or diseased plant tissue . Do not prune turgid parts of the shrub as removing alive , healthy halt in tardy winter and spring abbreviate the flowering due in early summer .
Tip
If after considerable time , say 10 long time , the Red Prince weigela looks old-hat and has an ugly lopsided shape , consider cut back all branches to rejuvenate the plant . Cut all branches to a height 12 to 18 in above the ground in give and permit newfangled branch to rejuvenate that year . Late summertime re - bloody display are more marked on shrubs that are minimally pruned after the first florescence stop in the beginning that year . For increased late - season efflorescence , consider pruning back shrub branches ( dance step 2 ) by removing no more than one - one-fifth to one - fourth their original length .
Warning
Never prune this shrub back in downslope as it can lead to frost - damage leafy growth and increased wintertime branch dice - back . Plus , turn off off leg in fall is removing Ellen Price Wood that will move over the flowers next year .
