Red Prince Weigela vs Sweet Thing Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Red Prince Weigela vs Sweet Thing Cherry

Prunus cerasus Sweet Thing

Weigela florida Red Prince

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Sweet Thing Cherry
Red Prince Weigela

The Sweet Thing Cherry is a sour cherry hybrid of Carmine Jewel and Erdi Jubileum that produces sweeter and firmer berries than other cold-hardy sour cherry varieties. The berries are a deep burgundy red and quite sweet, making them excellent for fresh eating and also desserts, jams and jellies.

The Sweet Thing Cherry, or the Jubileum, is highly suckering so it can establish your hedge quickly, or fill in gaps.

Red Prince Weigela should be the next flowering shrub you add to your yard. Vibrant red tubular blooms flower two times per season, once in spring and again in late summer.

This shrub is versatile, deer and rabbit resistant, and drought tolerant once established. Try planting Red Prince Weigela as a specimen plant or for your next border/hedge.

Sweet Thing Cherry Quick Facts

Red Prince Weigela Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: low
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: small, red/pink
Flavor: sweet
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: jubileum