Dainty, pink-tinted white flowers in June and small, dark purple, maple-like leaves. This wonderful ninebark is perfect for a shrub border with moist but well-drained acid soil.
Garden care: Once established, cut back up to one in four of the oldest stems to their base, after flowering. Then, apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant.
How to care for Physocarpus opulifolius Diabolo:
Once established, cut back up to one in four of the oldest stems to their base, after flowering. Then, apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant.
Eventual height:
2.5m
Eventual spread:
2m
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This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.