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Tiny Wine® Gold Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius (fy-so-KAR-pus oh-pyu-li-FOL-ee-us)

Family: Rosaceae Unknown Shrub (3-15 ft)

Tiny Wine® Gold Ninebark is a cultivar with bright yellow leaves on its new growth and clusters of showy pink-white flowers that cover the plant in late spring. Plant in full sun in well-drained soil. Its attractive habit is best left unpruned, but if you must, prune it after it flowers. Keep in mind that next year's flowers will appear on old growth. The plant is easy to grow and works well for foundation plantings, as a specimen, in a shrub border, as low hedge, or containers.

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 29 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 3 - Shrub (3-15 ft)
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Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Fills a similar niche Hydrangea quercifolia 'Flemygea' Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake' Viburnum x burkwoodii

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Shrub
Life cycle
Woody
USDA zones
3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Available space
3 feet-6 feet
NC region
Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in. | Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
Canopy layer
3 - Shrub (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Erect
Foliage
Deciduous
Leaf color
Gold/Yellow; Green
Leaf value
Showy
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Small, gold yellow leaves especially on new growth
Flower color
Pink; White
Flower value
Good Cut
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container
Landscape theme
Cutting Garden
Design feature
Border; Foundation Planting; Hedge; Mass Planting; Screen/Privacy; Specimen
Garden tags
#showy leaves #easy to grow #foundation planting #flowers late spring #deciduous shrub #showy flowers #specimen #drought tolerant #white flowers #yellow leaves #pink flowers #container plant #cutting garden #hedge #shrub border #screen
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Diseases; Drought

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.