PHYSOCARPUS 'NUGGET' - NINEBARK - STARTER PLANT - APPROX 7-10 INCH

PHYSOCARPUS 'NUGGET', (WELL ROOTED PLANT IN A 2 1/2 X 3 1/2 INCH POT) - ZONE 3-7 DECIDUOUS SHRUB GROWING TO 4-8 FEET TALL -- FEATURES FOLIAGE WHICH EMERGES DEEP GOLD-YELLOW, MATURES TO LIME-GREEN, TURNS YELLOW IN FALL. IN SPRING SMALL PINKISH WHITE FLOWERS IN DENSE ROUND CLUSTERS FOLLOWED BY DROOPING CLUSTERS OF REDDISH INFLATED SEED CAPSULES. NINEBARK IS NAMED FOR ITS EXFOLIATING BARK WHICH PEELS IN STRIPS TO REVEAL SEVERAL LAYERS OF REDDISH TO LIGHT BROWN INNER BARK. BERICH, DARK PURPLE FOLIAGE ALL SEASON, AND SOFT PINK FLOWERS IN LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER. BEST IN FULL SUN TO PARTIAL SHADE IN WELL-DRAINED SOIL.