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Looks like this one is 'wine & roses' , it will eventually get 5 ft high and wide.
There is a dwarf shrub, called 'midnight wine', that only gets 18 to 24 inches tall and wide. I have one and the leaves are much smaller on this variety, in proportion with the tiny limbs. They are both beautiful.!

This is wondeful. LOve the dark color.

This is really beautiful.

Love this colour mixture!

I have this in my front garden by the rock; don't know the cultivar, it was just sold as 'Purple Weigela' in our garden center. It is a smaller variety than the variegated, if yours is the same.

roses already! beautiful! mine are all stil tight green buds, still i think it might be because they are new in this year. my neighbours have some in bloom already. ho hum! will just have to wait! lol

what a lovely rich colour!

lovely colour contrast Chris

I have had visits from these guys already. Squash them. Look under the leafs for eggs, it resembles bird poo. Squash this as well. The beetles will drop to the floor/soil and lay on their backs to make them hard to see. The young will over winter in the soil until they are older. The mature ones will strip a lillie in a couple of days.
At least they are red so they are sort of giving you a chance.
Happy hunting(every day).

Perhaps you could pay some youngsters 25 cents a head...what about squishing and washing the leaves with a pure soap solution. , (no detergents) I had an infestation of sawfly larvae...I squished but the mugho pine was a sticky stinky mess when I had found them all... So used a spray bottle and made a soapy solution and sprayed the plants...didn't let it dry... just left it on as long as it stayed moist then hosed the plant down with a good firm spray... It removed the mess and I think it may have washed away any unhatched eggs...It worked for me but the worst part was picking and squishing. might be worth googling the beetle to find out how it over-winters... and if there are any intermediate hosts during it's life cycle.

Both of these insecticides are lethal to bees, do be careful especially Imac etc. Even the pollen becomes poisonous to the bees which collect it.

Spiderwort is all over the place here. Very invasive but looks beautiful in mass plantings.

I see lots of posibilities. Have fun !

Very nice. This just reminded me that I forgot to look for water hyacinths when i was at the nursery this afternoon.

Beautiful even if it stays dark.

Sounds delicous.

hi chrispook i must admit i like the shade

This is absolutely beautiful!

check it out on Google, Viburnum Opulus Roseum.

It looks like a Viburnum Opulus Roseum, sometimes called the Snowball tree, my neighbour has it, it is absolutely beautiful right now.

Iv a Blue Moon Rose 2 :)& its looks liliac :)

wow thats wonderful 2 have a tree that smells so nice all over hungry Chris :)

Chrispook you have a lovely garden.

Mine are just in bud! Hope they look this good!

Just lovely!

Mine are still two inch seedlings. :(

:O BREATH TAKING

They are so Beautiful :)

Fantastic Chris :O

The colours so different ?:)