Diablo Ninebark
Physocarpus Diablo Ninebark Shrub is a purple-leaved ninebark cultivar. It is an upright, deciduous North American Native shrub.
The Diablo is an upright, spreading, somewhat coarse, deciduous shrub that is closely related to the genus Spiraea. It typically grows to be 4-8 feet tall. Small pinkish-white, five-petaled flowers are dense, flat, rounded, and 1-2″ in diameter. Flowers appear in late spring and give way to drooping clusters of reddish fruit.Â
The shrub’s purple foliage tends to green up in hot summer climates as the summer progresses. The species is native to Missouri. Ninebark is named for its exfoliating bark, which peels in strips to reveal several layers of reddish to light brown inner bark.
