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

 Family:
 Genus:
 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
 Light Requirements:
 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.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Foliage Characteristics 53
  • Fruiting Characteristics 124
  • Bank Cover 48
  • Border 390
  • Hedge 271
  • Mass Plantings 287
  • Specimen 623
  • Fast Growth Rate 226
  • Notable Texture 279

    • 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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