Pacific Ninebark
November 8, 2022
By Adam Huggins
Pacific Ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus
- Description: Deciduous shrub with shedding bark up to 4m tall. Leaves have 3-5 toothed lobes and are shiny green; flowers are white in conspicuous rounded clusters.
- Habitat: Wet open areas, streambanks, coastal bluffs, and wet-meadows.
- Pairs with: Salmonberry, fringecups, perfumecurrant, osoberry, and elderberry.
- Fun Fact: The name ‘ninebark’ refers to the shedding bark, which comes off inlayer after layer. This is a beautiful plant for a wet site.