Ninebark vs Purple Leaf Sand Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Ninebark vs Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Physocarpus opulifolius

Prunus x cistena

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Ninebark
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Ninebark is a small, multi-stemmed shrub, that is used to add texture or colour to any yard.

It features flaky, cinnamon-brown bark, attractive white flowers, and long, maple-like leaves.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once.

The Purple leaf sand cherry can be susceptible to pests and diseases in more humid areas; a typical life span is approximately 15 years. Not suitable for a privacy hedge on its own but is often alternated with lilacs. Often used as an accent plant that attracts birds and bees.

Ninebark Quick Facts

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: dark red
Berries: small pink to purple berry like follicles
Flowers: small white clusters
Flowers: pinkish
Bark: dark red to purple
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: low




Toxicity: the leaves and seed are slightly toxic
Other Names: purpleleaf sandcherry