Summer Wine® Ninebark

Summer Wine Ninebark is a compact native deciduous shrub with a freely branching upright habit and branches that gracefully arch with age.  Its 3-5 lobed wine colored foliage may green up in the summer heat before returning to wine red as the weather cools.  Small white or pinkish-white flower clusters bloom in late spring into summer.  Grows best with afternoon shade  in the South and dry to medium well-drained acidic soil. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pests or diseases.  Fireblight and leaf spot may occur.  Prune immediately after flowering.

 LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Native Gardens, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Boxwood, Weigela, Spirea

IMAGES: Photos by Proven Winners, Summer Wine® Ninebark, (2) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Summer Wine Ninebark - Flickr - treegrow, CC BY 2.0, (3) Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' kz01, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' kz02, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.