Hi all, I love Red Prince Weigela and want to buy one this year. I have a spot in mind in the garden but I am worried that the space might be too small. Just wondering if these can be planted in containers and if so what size container it would need.
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Prof they are better in the ground than pots, they can be hard pruned if they get too big. If it has to go in a pot you don't want to go too big to start with, it depends on how big it is when you buy it. You pot on as it grows and the roots fill the pot. Use a soil based potting compost if you do use a pot.
I always wonder at what stage you stop potting on and put them in the ground.
if you put it straight into the ground it's in a half acre diameter pot Instantly.
Lyn, some things just do better in pots than others that's all. I get the point mind you, but conditions within pots often don't mimic those in garden soil. Most people use MPC when they should use a soil based compost and open ground reacts with the environment in a different manner. It's all about the microbes within the soil, that's why pot growing is almost an art in itself, to get the conditions in which the plant grows best is harder to achieve in a pot than open ground. Plants have sophisticated communication systems a fact few people are aware of and which science is only beginning to understand. Pots isolate plants from these systems and personally I grow very little in pots these days, they always do better in soil in the garden.
Thanks all for your help