Ripped out my Coppertina because it grew too fast to keep pruned for the space I had it in and replaced it with this guy. It went in the...Read More ground and took off growing in the few months I've had it so far. The flowers are smaller just like the leaves which make it a very refined plant. Only one leaf has had powdery mildew issues in our humid, wet and hot spring this year.
Fruit capsules turn red and the plant finishes with red leaf color at season end. The most usable form of ninebark yet. It is easy to keep trimmed to a mound shape for those who like sheared plants, better than larger ninebarks. If left untouched should reach 3-4' tall and wide. The bark still peels like the species it isn't overly noticable with fine stems. Ninebarks have been resistant to rabbits in my neighborhood where they eat leathery and sharp yucca even in a good growing season.
Ninebarks have been prone to black aphid infestations for me yearly. They like to attach themselves at the top of growing stems. Ants will be be a good sign of this issue as you will see the stems covered thick in a black mass, which are all the ants and aphids feeding. The ants feed off of the honeydew produced by the aphids which feed off the plant. Systemic insecticides are the best tool for dealing with this issue as the ants protect the aphids as a source of food. Regular insecticides will require several treatments in this instance to treat the dogpile of pests.
After two seasons, the foliage remains very dark and habit remains very compact even in partial sun.
This cultivar won the...Read More
Ripped out my Coppertina because it grew too fast to keep pruned for the space I had it in and replaced it with this guy. It went in the...Read More