Tiny Wine (Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW') - foliage plant, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Tiny Wine

Physocarpus opulifolius 'SMNPOTW'

Tiny Wine blooms from May through June.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Jun
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
not yet checked
Sun
Full sun
not yet checked
Water
Moderate water
not yet checked
Mature size
3.5 ft × 3.5 ft
not yet checked
Type
Shrub
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Tiny Wine

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–7. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Tiny Wine. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Tiny Wine

Plant Tiny Wine in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 7, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Tiny Wine get?

Illustration of Tiny Wine drawn to scale beside an adult3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwide
About 3.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity: waist-high beside an adult.

See Tiny Wine in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Tiny Wine

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Tiny Wine about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
3.5 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
one needs about 12 sq ft
4 by 8 ft bed
about 2

Add Tiny Wine to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

The Ninebark group

One of 8 in the Ninebark group. Same plant, same care.

Explore similar plants

You might also like

Design a garden with this

Drop this plant onto a 3D plan, see how it fills in, and watch your whole garden bloom across the year.

Design a garden with this →