Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' [sold as Summer Wine™]
Summer Wine Eastern Ninebark

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Pink (Many-stamened flowers are pink to white and small, borne in 1-2" wide corymbs; late spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Red (Bronzy wine red summer foliage); Orange (Orange fall color)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Attractive, inflated, red follicles (seed capsules))
 Ultimate Height:
5-6 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
5-6 feet
 Soil Notes:
Very adaptable to almost any soil
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, roundish-ovate, bronzy wine-red leaves (1-3" long and half as wide). Cordate at base, crenate-dentate, and having 3-5 lobes that are more deeply cut than the species type.

Additional Information

Renew by cutting to the ground in late winter. Very course in texture in the winter with its multi-layered exfoliating bark (which gives it the common name of "ninebark"). 'Seward', generally sold under the name Summer Wine, has bronzy wine-red, more deeply cut leaves that may fade to green in hotter climates.

2 Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' [sold as Summer Wine™] found

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Number Accession ID Location
12010_02399*AWDCT
22010_02294*AWDCT

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