Red Prince Weigela vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Red Prince Weigela vs Flowering Raspberry

Weigela florida Red Prince

Rubus odoratus

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Red Prince Weigela
Flowering Raspberry

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.

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Red Prince Weigela Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: small, red/pink
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: high
Suckering: low
Suckering: high




Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry