Physocarpus
Common Ninebark
Anywhere eye catching foliar masses are needed, the following deciduous selections can fill the bill. With a leafy, casual look, Physocarpus presents three-lobed leaves, distinctive corymbs of tightly clustered small flowers and earthy red pillow-shaped fruit along their stems. These cold tolerant, Spiraea and Neillia kin possess both a durable, yet alluring bent.
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.
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