Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo' Diabolo™

An exciting selection grown predominately for its attractive dark purple foliage, P. opulifolius 'Monlo' Diabolo provides effective colour contrast when planted alone or in mass plantings, hedges or screening and as garden shrub borders.

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Genus

Physocarpus
Species

opulifolius
Variety Type

Ornamental
Variety

Physocarpus
Growth Rate

Moderate.
Foliage

Three- to five-lobed, dark reddish-purple leaves up to 7 cm long and wide with a crenate margin and a silvery underside. The autumn colour is reddish-purple.
Bark

Greyish-brown, exfoliating in sheets that are cinnamon brown on the inside to reveal light whitish-tan new bark. The younger branches are reddish-brown.
Ornamental Fruit

Inflated follicles.
Tree Habit

Upright, with stiffly recurving branches. A densely rounded shrub when in leaf.
Flowers

White flowers to 8 mm in diameter with a pink blush, borne in 5 cm wide corymbs in late spring that stand out very well against the dark foliage. Purplish-pink when in bud.
Height (m)

3
Width (m)

3