Add vivid, season-long color to your landscape with Weigela × 'Strobe' (common name: Weigela 'Strobe'). This compact, deciduous shrub is prized for bright pink, trumpet-like blooms in late spring and foliage that shifts through the seasons, starting green-bronze and warming to orange and red tones as the year progresses.
Plant it where you can enjoy the changing leaf color, and give it full sun for the strongest flowering and best foliage display. It also performs well in part shade, especially in hotter regions. Provide well-drained soil and water regularly during the first growing season; once established, it is generally easy to maintain with average moisture.
At maturity, it stays neatly sized at about 36 inches tall and 36 inches wide, making it a strong choice for smaller yards and tight foundation spaces. For the best shape and to encourage additional bloom, prune lightly right after the main flush of flowers finishes rather than later in the season.
Use this shrub as a colorful accent, in mixed borders, or in groups for a bold ribbon of foliage and flowers. Pair it with perennials and grasses for contrast, and enjoy the way its spring blooms bring pollinators to your garden.