Physocarpus opulifolius 'DART'S GOLD'

Physocarpus opulifolius 'DART'S GOLD'
common ninebark

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	1.5-2m
USUAL WIDTH	1.5-2m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	+multicoloured:yellow and light green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full sun to shade
SOIL TYPE	any (acidic to alkaline)
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	tolerates (but does not demand) wet ground
USDA zone (lowest)	3 (down to -40°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf Hedging plants

Dart's Gold is a variety of common ninebark with bright yellowish-green, 3-lobed leaves, which appear early in the spring, probably at the same time as when magnolias start blooming. Clusters of white flowers are tiny but the shrub is covered with them in May. This shrub is an excellent, fully hardy plant which thanks to its colour-coded leaves highlights every composition or fills a spot where you hopelessly think about putting something. It naturally forms a dense shrub, but has long twigs which can be cut back if unsightly. It likes sun or shade and any soil. You would not find many versatile plants like this one.

SIZES and PRICES

CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

NOT IN STOCK? WHY NOT TO TRY A SIMILAR ONE:

GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.