Weigela subsessilis – A remarkable and unfortunately ignored species that came our way from the Arnold Arboretum. It blooms early with pale yellow flowers that metamorphose to pink, pink-violet and lavender with all colors occurring at once on the shrub. It's fantastic. The foliage annually picks up a good infusion of light red to red-purple in the autumn landscape. This species flowers so early that it has usually completed its flowering cycle by the time the hummingbirds arrive. Otherwise, I would expect that this would be as much a hummingbird shrub as are all other later blooming Weigela. Its smaller stature allows for good use as a lower tier set before larger shrubs, as a structural component in a perennial border; a collector plant for sure and a worthy one at that.