Common Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius Rosaceae

Other names

Eastern Ninebark

Growth habit

Shrub

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Quebec to VA and TN

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Robison Herb Garden, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens

Description

Upright-spreading shrub with stiffly recurved branches, rounded and dense when in full leaf, but ragged in winter. Fall color a poor yellowish-bronze. Flowers white or pinkish, each flower about 1/4" to 1/3" indiameter, borne in many-flowered, 1" to 2" diameter corymbs in May and June. Fruit 3 to 5 follicles,each 1/4" long, inflated, glabrous, reddish, effective in September and October. Bark on older stemsexfoliating in papery strips.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2

Special characteristics

bark

Status

L3|S5|G5