Any chance of a picture of your Weigela? So we can see its condition and the growing situation?

I took these pictures and present them with mortification for your diagnosis.. As you can see (or perhaps not!) it is practically sticks in front of the spirea and euonymus.. I found two tags, for Wegeila florida Alexander 'Wine and Roses' and for W. Minor Black. One of them seems to have disappeared altogether.

Good grief.

I have nothing to offer but sympathy. Everything looks rather dry there. Have you sloshed water on it?

Oh kitasei2, your comment "I ... present them with mortification" made me smile in sad sympathy, because yeah. BTDT (been there done that).

It does look dry, but not everything in the picture is hurting, just the weigela. May we ask about where you live, and what are those nearby trees and shrubs?

Have you checked on possible diseases that may be an issue? I tried to load this website - looks promising - but the server appears to be down. https://gardening.yardener.com/Problems-Of-Weigelia Maybe by the time you see this it will be back up.

Anyway, various blights or fungi might need treatment. If I were you and trying to hang on for one more year, I'd consider first removing all the fallen leaves which may be harboring the seeds of next year's disease. Then I'd prune in late winter and spray not only the bare branches but the nearby ground with horticultural oil. I have saved some trees and shrubs from blights and powdery mildew by the use of Bonide All Seasons Horticultural and Dormant Spray Oil.

In fact, maybe if all you have even now is twigs, you could spray with at least a dilute concentration. Read the label and take your best shot; things can't get much worse. The active ingredient in this product is 98% mineral oil. It basically stifles pests and diseases.

You might need something else depending on what the real problem is. This is just food for thought.

EDIT: There are other horticultural oils out there; I'm not recommending Bonide over others, it's just what's in my cupboard. Also, if your shrubs have any leaves at all left on them, I'd treat them as if they were in full leaf. Avoid killing whatever's left! That could be the last straw for the shrub, its signal to quit. It might totally throw up its hands and say, "Take me, God. I'm ready." So don't overdo it on the spray, eh?

EDIT NUMBER TWO: One more thing, hah. Do not prune this fall if at the time you consider it there is any chance that the shrubs will put forth new growth. Pruning can be an invitation to try again, and the result will be swift death to whatever grows out and has no time to harden. Best times to prune vary by region. Over to you -

Joan

When I enlarged the picture I thought everything looked dry. The shrubs behind look wilted to me. Is that not the case?

We are having a mini drought so I’m sure everything is dry. This area is also rocky and has oak and maple trees about 20 feet away. I take it thst I shouldn’t think of moving the wegeila to a more forgiving site while it’s so distressed? Generally speaking, will digging out rocks and loading up compost ever really change a dry area?

But ok to move now rather than spring?

I should think so as long as you water it copiously

Now is fine.