I have one of these; it does get to 5 feet tall (and at least that wide) and might even grow bigger if I didn't prune it back every so often once it flowers. The dark leaves on mine hold up fine, but it doesn't get full sun the entire day. Maybe 6 hours.

Larry

This might be late, but I have two in full sun.
What disappointments! They have remained scrawny and spindly. Almost like they weren't getting enough sun!

However, their color is beautiful when they do bloom.
I have 6 different Weigela, all of which do better than this one.

So it goes...

cfmuehling, thanks for your reply and appreciate your opinion. I'm wondering if you ever have pruned your shrubs AFTER FLOWERING ? I had the same problem when I planted a red variety. Both plants had about four long and spindly stems so I got out my pruning book and they said pruning weigelas does wonders.

They suggested cutting back 1/3 of the oldest stems AFTER FLOWERING, right to the ground. Next cut back all the spindly stems by half their length. Every year now, after flowering, I now take 1/3 of the next oldest stems and cut them down to the ground.

The first year I had my shrubs they were young and didn't have "old" stems, so I cut all its stems back by half their length. What a difference come late spring. New shoots almost doubled in quantity and branching started on all the older spindly stems. Now the shrubs are much fuller and well distributed.

I may be writing something you already know and Wine and Roses is just a smaller, less full shrub than other varieties. My question hasn't received enough replies to come up with a firm opinion. Thanks for writing back though. I'm hesitating purchasing Wine and Roses now unless I get more input.