Ninebark Glowing!

I bought this ninebark, a native shrub, at Adams Fairacre Farms in Newburgh this spring. i bought another, yellow-leafed, one from them a year ago, and it is thriving and huge in the bright sunlight of my yard. Went i went to Adams this year, they had no yellow-leafed ninebarks, so i got this red-leafed one. It’s not just growing — it’s glowing!

It’ was nicknamed “ninebark” by the indiginous people of the newburgh area because in the fall, when its leaves are off, you can see the many mottled colors, sycamore-like, of its stems.

My Meadow Rue

This is called “Blackstockings” by the British, because its stems are very dark. i planted it in my backyard, less than half the size it is now, just a couple of weeks ago. A beauty, right?

And it smells good, too!