It’s time to get out and garden! The Spring Plant Sale starts tomorrow at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; learn more about the Plant Sale including the list of vendors.

Looking for something for your home garden? Garden volunteer Julie Abbott suggests the following plant:

Weigela ‘Wine and Roses’ is must-have plant that can be found at the Spring Plant Sale in the “Bloemendaal’s Best” tent.  This eye-catcher has dark burgundy foliage with rosy pink flowers. Hardy to zone 4, it reaches a height of four to five feet at maturity.  It is the first weigela to win the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Award.  Cut branches for arrangements are in demand at European flower markets. 

Plant in full sun to achieve best leaf color.  A light pruning after flowering in mid-spring will provide sporadic bloom in summer.  Another plus for this plant — no serious insect or disease problems.  It attracts hummingbirds and butterflies to your garden

Julie Abbott is a volunteer at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The Plant Sale is presented by Garden volunteers.

This plant is wonderful and so beautiful!
I have one that is at least 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide.

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