Physocarpus capitatus - Ninebark

Ninebark (Physocarpus capitatus) is a deciduous shrub of the California coast and Sierra Nevada, growing about 5 feet high and wide with leaves that turn red to orange in fall, tolerant of seasonal flooding and serpentine soil.¹ It grows 1-2 m tall and 0.5-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Flammable²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	0.5-2

Footnotes

1. Physocarpus capitatus, Ninebark | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 5 seconds ↩