Weigela florida Midnight Wine® maintains a compact, mounded habit & is resistant to deer. Midnight Wine® is ideal for the front of the border or for edging the perennial bed. This tidy mound of dark burgundy-purple leaves can be used as an accent plant or a dramatic mass planting. This shrub is maintenance free and needs no pruning because its habit is perfect the way it is. Just give it sun and water and you'll have intense color from spring to fall.