Plant Highlight- 'Sonic Bloom Red' Weigela

'Sonic Bloom Red' weigela from Proven Winners, with its bright red tubular flowers that bloom repeatedly throughout the summer, is a wonderful addition to your garden! This beautiful shrub draws hummingbirds into your garden, is low maintenance, and can be grown in hardiness zones 4-8. Join me as I plant some of these beauties in our garden!

[@jennieheigel5799]

So excited to see a channel in 7B! I'm in Richmond VA and was looking at Weigela for my yard.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Jennie Heigel I am so glad you found us and the information was helpful!

[@sherrywalker4619]

I wish I lived closer to your nursery. We live on Signal Mountain,Tn. Thanks for your help!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I don’t know where that is exactly but it sounds positively lovely!

[@FIRSTMIMA]

So excited to see a gardening channel so close to our area!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

we are glad you found us!!! Happy gardening!

[@dennistaft7868]

I live near the Great Lakes in New York zone 5 and I have a couple of the 'Sonic Bloom Red' Weigelas and about 15 azaleas and I love them. My favorite bush is hydrangea, I have 15 outside and 16 more to plant this spring.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It sounds beautiful! Happy gardening!

[@Mutatedordinary]

I’m growing one in maine, and it is the perfect climate for it. It rarely gets up to even 100 degrees in the summer and it’s never been below -10 in the winter! So anyway, two years ago I put the exact same plant (it was about a gallon and a half size or so) that you have in the ground in my front yard and it just exploded! The suckers it produced that summer must of grown almost a foot and a half by the end of June, and by mid fall it had doubled in size! This past summer it doubled in size again! Here is the reasons I think it did so well: 1)nutrient rich clay soil. 2)full sun. The plant literally gets blasted with the sun ALL day. There is no nearby shade at all. And the final reason is: 3)it got treated with a lot of care because it is a specimen planting.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Fantastic! I love a good success story ~ happy gardening!

[@logansimpson305]

Great video from your favorite nephew

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Logan Simpson thanks bud!

[@millieatr]

I bought a sonic bloom "pink " today, thanks for the tips

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Awesome!!!!

[@muriellockhoff9560]

I live in Florida zone 10 I am going to see how I do I am planting in a 5 gal bucket near my house were it get some shade I love hummingbirds hope it grow I just got it today thank you for your information

[@tonisaylor1507]

Can’t wait to see an update on these shrubs!!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

me too!!! I'll keep you posted.

[@liocean9636]

@@GardeningwithCreekside Hi, i'm in Atlanta Ga. 8A. How are your weigela doing? Have honeybees taken a liking to them?

[@laurenpage3301]

@@liocean9636 I’m zone 8 as well wanting to plant pink variety. Worrying about the heat 😬

[@liocean9636]

@@laurenpage3301 Hi, I have them in a full sun location and water the young brushes every 2 days for 30 seconds each. So far they are doing fine.

[@charris721]

I planted two of these sonic red bloom weigela in March 2019. They bloomed once last year and then grew to an amazing size this spring. They have bloomed once and I hope they bloom again this year. Do I need to prune to have them rebloom? Or can I just leave them alone to rebloom? We live in Matthews, NC and I hope I can get over to see you soon. Love your videos!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Fantastic! No you don’t have to prune them to make them bloom again - they bloom on both old & new wood. We look forward to seeing you!

[@jeffchandler2521]

How often and for how many months should you water these in Illinois after you plant them.We planted three they were doing well and the last two months they are losing leaves like crazy ! We planted them this May Yes we water them when it was really hot the last few weeks we watered quite a bit.Help😢

[@karenb6771]

I'm in zone 7a, North Carolina. I planted a Sonic Bloom weigela 1 1/2 years ago. A bear broke the plant into three pieces, so I had to root 2/3rds of the plant for repair. The other 1/3 was doing fine and doubled in size. However, it only had a few blooms this spring and they didn't last long. Could this be from the damage the bear cause?

[@pennylivingston148]

Did you ever give us an update on how your Sonic Bloom Red Weigela did in 7b? I'm in 8a. Thank you.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

They have done ok, they bloom sporadically.

[@pennylivingston148]

Thank you.@@GardeningwithCreekside

[@garytowner5321]

Our weigela is spreading out, but not getting any height. What are we doing wrong?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Could it be the variety’s habit? Do you know which one you have and what it’s mature size is supposed to be?

[@garytowner5321]

Reblooming Weigela, Sonic Bloom Red, 4-5 feet tall and wide

[@leeman9555]

We have solid clay below the topsoil. Is it recommended to condition the soil with garden soil and compost?

[@kaylac3367]

The weigela are going to look nice there. Thank you for the information on mulch around your plants. Question, if you are planting a tree out in your yard (not in a flowerbed) do you put mulch around the base? I know you're in 7b. I'm in 7a so I figured I'm pretty close. We are planting several new trees in our acre yard and I don't know how to finish it off. Thanks for helping.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

We always like to cover the freshly exposed soil with a 2-3” layer of mulch. This will help retain moisture & suppress the weeds. Just make sure you don’t overcrowd the trunk, they like a little room to breathe 😉

[@kaylac3367]

@@GardeningwithCreekside thanks bunches!!!😀

[@jessemcalister5815]

❤

[@logansimpson305]

That one good camera man

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Logan Simpson he sure is!!!

[@komallasi]

Is it suppose to be leading out by now? I am zone 5 in the Toronto area and mine just looks like dead sticks

[@MM-vb9ze]

How are they doing now?..I just ordered 2

[@debbiebridges6350]

I have a Sonic Bloom pink Weigela and it never reblooms, I think it is getting too much sun. I want to move it to another location, when would be the best time of the year too transplant? I live in zone 6a.

[@pennylivingston148]

Mine don't rebloom either. I'm giving them another year.

[@sammysworld5485]

Hello Jennie. Please do a weigela pruning tutorial. I planted 2 in my years this passing summer. Got real legging.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

We can do one in the spring after they bloom!

[@davidrichards9654]

They call them 'widgellas' in Devon.

[@alvaronunez8707]

Is there an update for this video?

[@diamondshottys1775]

any update on Weigela

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yeah.... not much to report other than lots of green foliage. I might give it one more Winter and see how it looks next Spring.

[@laurenpage3301]

@@GardeningwithCreekside how is it this year?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

@@laurenpage3301 doing great! In fact there will be a video coming out later today about it 😊

[@cygavin]

wei·guh·luh :)