Scientific name: Physocarpus capitatus (N)

Common name:  pacific ninebark

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 3-5m wide and talll

Form: Round, arching

Water use: high

Soil requirements: acidic, wetlands/bog

Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Simple.

Fall colour: Green/yellow

Flower/cone/fruit description: Clusters of small white flowers. Seed aggregate.

Limitations: Needs wet area but once established can tolerate summer drought.

Suitable uses: Group plantings. Mixed shrub border.

Quick ID description: Dec. Shrub. Alternate. Simple. 3-lobed. Serrate. Bladder feeling fruit (empty ballons)