94+ Coppertina Ninebark Companion Plants

An adaptable native plant that is easy to grow and well suited for difficult sites. The 3 inch serrated leaves appear a spicy orange in spring gradually deepening into a resplendent coppery red for summer.

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Coppertina ninebark companion plants!!!

This is a very tough plant that is ideal for difficult sites. Coppertina ninebark is renowned for its spectacular foliage and year round interest. Hosta shasta daisy ajuga perennial geranium and sedum are good. One very popular cultivar of ninebark is coppertina physocarpus opulifolius mindia.

In the northern part of its growing range the shrub prefers around six hours of direct light each day but the farther south it grows it tends to appreciate some afternoon shade. Soft pink flowers line the gently arching branches in early summer. Great foliage stunner in the landscape. Coppertina is also noted for its attractive peeling bark and bright red seed capsules in fall.

Common name of ninebark is in reference to its ornamental attractive exfoliating bark. This species is native to the chicago region according to swink and wilhelm s plants. Coppertina is a patented ninebark cultivar that is most noted for its dramatic copper foliage that turns red by summer and its free branching mounding compact growth habit. Massed along a border they can form a loose privacy hedge for summer.

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