47+ Weigela Pruning Pictures. Regular pruning keeps weigelas attractive and flowerful, but leave your pruners idle this time of before you dive into your weigela, have a clear pruning goal in mind. Top prune the plant to improve the shape and reduce its size but, be careful not to remove more than 30% of the top growth.
Weigela should be pruned immediately after flowering in early summer.
This will ensure that you do not prune off the flowering. Weigela bushes used to be grown just for their flowers, but cultivars now exist with nice foliage, too. This pruning regime will apply to all of the popular varieties of weigela including weigela abel carriére. Flowering occurs during late spring through to early summer.
