Tiny Wine Gold Ninebark Shrub 3L Pot x 1 Compact Hardy Gold Foliage T&M

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Tiny Wine Gold' (Ninebark) – 1 x 3 Litre Potted Plant

This compact physocarpus brings brilliant foliage colour to the smallest spaces and to gardeners growing in containers. New leaves emerge with a warm orange tint in spring and mature to yellow-gold. In early summer, clusters of pinkish-white flowers attract pollinators, followed by red berries in late summer. The small, maple-like leaves give fine texture to contrast with bolder-leaved shrubs, and it works well as a stand-alone accent plant or a colourful backdrop to summer flowers. Unfussy and drought resistant, it stays a manageable size.

• Gold leaves with dazzling orange tints in spring
• Masses of pinkish-white blooms attractive to pollinators
• Red berries in late summer
• Compact and drought resistant – great for small gardens and pots
• Hardy shrub to -15°C; height up to 90cm (35in), spread up to 1.5m (4.9ft)

How to grow

Grow in fertile, moist, well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade. Prefers acid to neutral soil but tolerates more alkaline conditions, though leaves may yellow on very chalky ground. Dig in well-rotted manure or compost before planting. Water regularly until established and mulch in spring. After flowering, cut flowered shoots back to a healthy pair of buds unless you want the seedheads. Tolerates hard pruning; on mature plants remove a quarter to a fifth of the oldest shoots to the base.

Plant height and spread are seasonal, so plants are listed by pot size. The size of the plant delivered will vary with the season and images are an indication only.