Ninebark – Summer Wine
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'
Summer Wine® Ninebark is a stunning ornamental shrub known for its graceful arching branches, deep wine-purple foliage, and exceptional landscape performance. This award-winning native shrub produces clusters of soft pink-white flowers in late spring that contrast beautifully against its dark foliage. Its refined growth habit and compact size make it an excellent choice for foundation plantings, landscape borders, specimen gardens, and mixed shrub beds throughout Wisconsin. Summer Wine provides season-long color with very little maintenance.
Height (5–6 ft.) Reaches a mature height of approximately 5 to 6 feet with a spread of 5 to 6 feet. Thrives in full sun for the richest foliage color but tolerates partial shade. Produces clusters of pink-white flowers in late spring and maintains attractive wine-purple foliage throughout the growing season. Excellent for borders, specimen plantings, pollinator gardens, and landscape focal points.