With the unrelenting heat and inadequate rain this summer, I've been fretting about the sad state of my garden. The forsythia is fainting in the shrub border, hydrangeas are gasping for hydration and ...

• My Monet weigela (Weigela florida 'Verweig') is one of the more recent varieties of weigela. The low-growing, mounding deciduous shrub is compact and lends itself to planting among other perennials.

Spilled Wine weigela (pronounced way-guh-luh), a large, dense flowering shrub, produces bunches of blooms in spring. Traditionally, the pink flowers may reappear in summer, but new cultivars are ...