• leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, acuminate, with minute serrations
• leaves medium to dark green, with poor fall color
• buds small, imbricate, appressed, brown
• stems gray-brown, often with a row of black hairs running from node to node
• flowers tubular, solitary or in small groups, from leaf axils, in late spring and sporadically through fall
• flowers usually reddish-pink, may be white or other colors depending on cultivar
• fruit is a brown pointed capsule ("bottle" shaped) with two valves, splitting and persisting in fall
• habit is a medium to large shrub with a spreading habit
• plant is dense, with branches that may arch to the ground
• plant appears gaunt and ragged in winter, with twiggy brown branches that look lifeless

View Weigela Florida page in the UConn Plant Database