Physocarpus opulifolius Summer Wine™
Common name: 
Summer Wine Ninebark
Summer Wine Eastern Ninebark
Pronunciation: 
fi-so-KAR-pus op-u-li-FO-li-us
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Physocarpus
Synonyms: 
‘Seward’
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous shrub, upright, mounding, somewhat compact, 4-6 ft (1.2-1.8 m) high and wide.  Leaves ovate to rounded, about 10 cm long, 3-5 lobed, deeply cut, wine-red to bronze-red during much of the growing season, but becomes green in areas with hot summers.  Flowers small, pinkish white, in dense, rounded clusters, 2.5-5 cm wide, appearing in late spring.
  • Sun, to maximize purple color of leaves.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 3    This selection is the result of a cross between Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nanum', a dwarf form, as the seed parent and pollen parent, P. opulifolius Diabolo®, a reddish purple form. Developed in Grand Haven, Michigan.
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  • plant habit, spring flowering

    plant habit, spring flowering

  • flower clusters and foliage

    flower clusters and foliage

  • flower cluster and leaves

    flower cluster and leaves