Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)

Common Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Height, Spread: 5-8 ft, 6-10 ft

Water/Soil: Moist-occasionally wet

Light: Full sun-part sun

Bloom: Spring-summer, white corymbs

Native Range: Eastern & Central North America

Qualities: Attractive to pollinators, Wildlife resource, NC Native

Notes: Deciduous shrub found along streambanks and in wetlands predominately in the Mountains and western Piedmont regions of NC (can be found growing naturally in Orange, Durham, and Chatham counties, although not in Alamance nor Wake.) Beloved by pollinators especially bees and a larval host plant to several species of moth. Best used in a moist sunny meadow or alongside a pond.