{"id":1175,"date":"2011-10-07T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2011-09-15T14:04:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T18:04:32","slug":"diabolo-ninebark-has-more-than-9-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/10\/07\/diabolo-ninebark-has-more-than-9-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Diabolo’ Ninebark Has More Than 9 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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'Diabolo' ninebark tree form<\/p><\/div>\n

The cultivar Diabolo ninebark (Physocarpus opulifoliu<\/em>s \u2018Diabolo\u2019) is an aggressive grower. A knowledgeable gardener with a sharp pair of pruners may quickly and easily train Diabolo ninebark into a small tree. Plant a ninebark tree\u00a0in a large container for multi-seasonal color around your deck or patio.<\/p>\n

Its common plant name \u201cninebark\u201d says a lot. The outer bark peels off, exposing a lovely dark cinnamon inner bark. Narrow gray-brown\u00a0outer strips peel off as thin opaque tissue, many more than nine times.<\/p>\n

In tree form, Diabolo grows more than 12 feet in height and 8-10 feet in width. When left unpruned, vigorous Diabolo can overwhelm its landscape space.\u00a0Ninebark grows in any type of soil including marginal clay. To maintain a single or multi- stem tree shape demands bi-monthly pruning attention during the growing season to remove\u00a0unwanted stem and root suckers. Tidy-up pruning\u00a0takes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

Plant a ninebark tree\u00a0in a large 25-30 gallon container or in the ground where\u00a0you may enjoy its year-round\u00a0beauty. Its root system is\u00a0winter hardy in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7).\u00a0Numerous \u00bc-inch wide white\u00a0flowers\u00a0appear in May which\u00a0contrast beautifully\u00a0against the reddish burgundy Diabolo foliage. By early August, the burgundy tinted leaves\u00a0have faded to medium green. Autumn foliage finishes greenish yellow before dropping.<\/p>\n

I recommend using the following hand pruners: Corona\u2122 #3160 or Fiskars\u00ae Powergear \u00a0Bypass Pruner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The cultivar Diabolo ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius \u2018Diabolo\u2019) is an aggressive grower. A knowledgeable gardener with a sharp pair of pruners may quickly and easily train Diabolo ninebark into a small tree. Plant a ninebark tree\u00a0in a large container for multi-seasonal color around your deck or patio. Its common plant name \u201cninebark\u201d says a lot. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[772,627,713,601,723,630,646,7,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}