Named for its broad three-lobed golden spring foliage, which turns lime-green in the summer, this fine shrub is also notable for its wide arching branches with pink-dusted white flowers. The colors blend well with an understory of Geranium ‘Salome’ and Euphorbia x robbiae.

Blooms June–July.

Size: 6' 0" high x 6' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 4.

For it’s versatile year-round appeal, this upright and arching multi-stemmed native shrub boasts an AGM plus the Gold Medal Award from Pennsylvania’s Horticultural Society. Discovered amongst a field of seedlings at Germany’s Kordes Nursery, ‘Diabolo’s lobed, Maple-like deep purple leaves turn dark green in shade or during hot summers, yet flash a sumptuous wine-colored fall finale. Dense rounded Spirea-like clusters of petite five-petaled pinkish white flowers are followed by bird-friendly, pendent red berries in fall, while winter reveals red and sable-infused exfoliating bark. Enduring drought and most soil types, the mighty, undemanding profile can be added to slopes for erosion control plus shrubby borders and woodland peripheries, either as a screen, en masse, hedged or as a specimen. Full sun and vigorous pruning ensures a handsome, opulently purple habit, especially when Buxus and Spiraea are planted nearby.

Blooms June–July

Size: 4' 0" – 8' 0" high x 4' 0" – 8' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 4.

Copper-toned spring leaves distinguish this spectacular new cross between ‘Dart’s Gold’ and ‘Diabolo’, which was bred by Frenchman Jean Paul Divasse. As the weather warms, the foliage adopts a rich red, embellished with a summertime plethora of buttonlike pinkish white blooms and later, decorative scarlet seed heads. Winter reveals a dense, vigorous framework of attractive peeling bark, proving ‘Coppertina’ to be a shrub for all seasons. No special care required, easily hedged and indispensable as a specimen, it deserves a commanding position in your garden. (pp#16,371)

Blooms June–July

Size: 7' 0" – 9' 0" high x 8' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 4.