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Summer Wine® Ninebark Tree Form
This native beauty is now at eye-level! How do you take a beloved, bestselling native shrub and make it even better? You make it into a tree! Summer Wine Ninebark (Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius) now comes in a gorgeous tree form that is sure to be the hit of your landscape. People can’t stop raving about the shrub form of this striking native ninebark in our gardens. Can you imagine when the fast growing tree form catches their eye? The foliage is such a deep purple that the white button-like flowers that line the stems appear a blushing pink as they reflect the rich color of the leaves. People stop to bend over and ooh and aah. Now, with the new tree form, the beauty will be at eye level. You can’t get much better than that!This tough, adaptable native is so easy to grow – even on difficult sites, where it just grows like it belongs there. The gracefully arching foliage is purple all through the season with the white flowers covering the stems in late June.A guaranteed garden ‘thriller’, you’re going to want to order more than one! Try a pair by a door, or at a garden gate. Don’t miss out on this beauty!* Rich purple leaves spring, summer and fall * Sun or part-shade * Easy care native cultivar * Perfect for smaller gardens