Physocarpus opulifolious (Ninebark)
Color Name: Summer Wine®
Award-winning Summer Wine Ninebark, with its fine texture, compact branching, and dark foliage, will make a statement in your garden. In late spring, white button-like flowers accent the deep purple foliage nicely. Summer Wine features excellent mildew resistance. With its graceful, arching habit and landscape-friendly size, it's an easy way to add color and vibrance, especially in spring. Its color, vigor, and disease resistance makes it an excellent choice for cut flower growers looking for reliable foliage filler.
Growing Tips: Though physocarpus can grow in part shade, flowering, foliage color, and disease resistance is best with a minimum of six hours of sun. Physocarpus is amenable to pruning and recovers from it quickly; however, frequent cutting back may cause the plant to develop an odd habit.
Soil: Extremely adaptable to soil pH and moisture levels.
Pruning: To best enjoy its naturally graceful habit, avoid habitual cutting back. If required, prune after flowering or thin out oldest stems in late winter/early spring. May benefit from periodic rejuvenation pruning.
Uses: Foundation plantings; mixed borders; specimen; hedging; landscaping.
Photo courtesy of Spring Meadow, Inc.
Award-winning Summer Wine Ninebark, with its fine texture, compact branching, and dark foliage, will make a statement in your garden. In late spring, white button-like flowers accent the deep purple foliage nicely. Summer Wine features excellent mildew resistance. With its graceful, arching habit and landscape-friendly size, it's an easy way to add color and vibrance, especially in spring. Its color, vigor, and disease resistance makes it an excellent choice for cut flower growers looking for reliable foliage filler.
Growing Tips: Though physocarpus can grow in part shade, flowering, foliage color, and disease resistance is best with a minimum of six hours of sun. Physocarpus is amenable to pruning and recovers from it quickly; however, frequent cutting back may cause the plant to develop an odd habit.
Soil: Extremely adaptable to soil pH and moisture levels.
Pruning: To best enjoy its naturally graceful habit, avoid habitual cutting back. If required, prune after flowering or thin out oldest stems in late winter/early spring. May benefit from periodic rejuvenation pruning.
Uses: Foundation plantings; mixed borders; specimen; hedging; landscaping.
Photo courtesy of Spring Meadow, Inc.
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Flower Color: Pink/White Shades Foliage Color: Black/Purple Shades
Height: 5 to 8 Feet Spread: 5 to 8 Feet Hardy in Zone: 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Blooms: Late Spring / Early Summer
Foliage Season: All Season |
Exposure
Full Sun
Soil Moisture Needs
Moderate
Attributes |
 Native  Container Landscapes Mass Planting Easy to Grow Drought Tolerant Cut Flower or Foilage Colorful Foliage Border
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