The showy bell-shaped flowers which engulf the plant early summer are of many colors: white, pink, red and sometimes yellow. This is the red variety of Weigela florida, a lovely ornamental species.
The small, five-lobed flower are attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.
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This is one of my favorites. and it does attract bees. Let's hope it continues to do so - we need them.
Geat photographs again.
Costas
My purple leafed weigela has just come into bloom aswell. I love their blooms against the dark foliage.
They are so easy to propagate so I can imagine that it would be easy to find them growing in the wild. Just break a branch off - stick it in the ground a few inches deep and leave it till next year and it should start growing. I've done this so many times and it works with most of them.
Lovely shots Maia
What a beautiful bush! It's huge! And, delightfully the host of bees and hummingbirds, too! Very beautiful.
Beautiful summer photos. I too have been taking pictures of the flowers and the insects that pollinate them.
Beautiful, warm photos, I especially love the bee. Summer has finally arrived in my part of the world too.
so very beautiful~
Love your third shot!
Wonderful and lovely!
Beautiful photos of the Weigela, Maia! I really like the pink ones (and the photo with the bee).
The willow tree below is lovely too!
Maia, those are some wonderful pictures. i love the soft pink.
A beautiful grouping. They make a great addition to any garden.
I saw this shrub blossoming in a local garden today - just lovely!
Very beautiful. And I love the pictures of the weeping willow below, we're to dry and cold for those in my part of the world.
So many blooms! Very pretty!
These are really pretty!
love the pale pink one.
beautiful.
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