95+ Physocarpus Diabolo Ninebark

With its upright arching branches and dark chocolate to purple foliage diabolo ninebark offers a color contrast with silver leaved plants and makes a fine backdrop hedge. Ninebark is a flowering shrub with four season interest.

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Physocarpus diabolo ninebark!!!

I live in the twin cities. My neighbor thinks pruning can keep her ninebark bushes small and prevent branching on canes they were planted about 2 from her house and closer to the door than i think best. Even when they fade to a tawny tone they stand out nicely against the dark leaves. It will tolerate wet areas but good drainage is a must.

Monrovia introduced this cultivated variety as diabolo ninebark physocarpus opulifolius monlo in 1999. Patent 11 211 was issued on february 8 2000. It gets its name from its bark which can be peeled off in several potentially nine thin layers. An exciting improvement to ninebark summer wine combines the fine texture and compact branching of physocarpus nana with the dark foliage of physocarpus diabolo.

Smaller than other ninebark varieties summer wine is an easy way to introduce wine colored foliage into the home garden. This tough bush offers foliage in a variety of colors as well as flowers that attract pollinators. Diabolo ninebark is a fast growing shrub that s easy to grow and can tolerate a wide range of soils. Physocarpus opulifolius commonly called ninebark is an upright spreading somewhat coarse deciduous missouri native shrub which is closely related to genus spiraea.

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