Physocarpus opulifolius

Prairie Ninebark

• Shrub
• Average to moderately wet or moderately dry soils
• Full sun to partial shade
• 8’ tall, 4’ to 8’ wide, can be kept pruned to 6’ tall and 4’ wide if space is limited.
• Early Summer Blooms, followed by Seed Pods
• Ontario Native, Thrives in Woodlands and open areas

Grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/physocarpus-opulifolius-prairie-ninebark-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

Ninebark cultivars with gold and bronze foliage are common in Ontario landscapes, so you’ve likely seen these before. This is the straight native species, with green foliage but an otherwise similar form of a large shrub with slightly arching branches. They become covered in clusters of small white blooms in the late spring, which mature into seed capsules that ripen to a bright pinkish-red before drying to tan in the fall. Their fall foliage is yellow to gold.

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details. 

Photos by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Eric Hunt, Laval University, Laval University and Laval University