Topic: Weigelia

[Marianne]

Hi
I wonder whether anyone can help me with this query.

The leaves on my weigelia that has been planted in June last year all fell off.  I thought I would have to trim the branches and did so, leaving some untouched.  Someone told me I should not have pruned the plant.  Did I do wrong?? 

[Kerry]

weigela's are deciduous, i think, so i don't think you have killed it by pruning! i think the correct time to prune is after flowering-i guess how much you take off depends on your available space. i hoiked an inherited one out of the garden when we moved here, i found it awkward to prune as it had quite an arching habit.
hopefully by now you may see some tiny buds on the stems?............

i am open to correction, but if you pruned last year you may have lost some of the flowers for this year. hope this helps........
over to (hopefully) an expert............. :)

[Palustris]

These normally are pruned after flowering when you remove about a third of the bush, taking the oldest branches off, right back to near ground level. They are very accommodating and your pruning should have done no harm.