Mountain Ninebark
Physocarpus monogynus
3-4 feet high x 3-4 feet wide
Zone 3
Full Sun to Part Shade
This is a native to our mountains’ lower elevations usually found in canyons. This is a compact shrub with medium green foliage that turns a beautiful orange to red in autumn. In June expect a wonderful display of white flowers tinged with rose. A great shrub for massing and low hedging. So named ‘ninebark’ because of its exfoliating bark exposing multiple streaking. Does best in part shade.
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Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.