Red Prince Weigela vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Red Prince Weigela vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Weigela florida Red Prince

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Flowering Raspberry
Red Prince Weigela

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 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.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Red Prince Weigela Quick Facts

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




Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry