| Scientific Name: | Physocarpus capitatus |
| Common Name: | Pacific ninebark |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Spring interest, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Double serrate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Multi-stemmed shrub; leaves alternate, broadly ovate, most blades 6-9cm long x 4-7cm wide, 3-lobed, serrate (similar to currant leaves but with small stipules); inflorescence a corymb of usually white flowers to 1cm from pinkish buds; aggregate of 3-5 follicles. Winter ID: buds alternate; bark severely exfoliating. | |