Ninebark, Summer Wine® NinebarkSummer Wine Ninebark is a compact native deciduous shrub with a freely branching upright habit and branches that gracefully arch with age. Its 3 5 lobed wine colored foliage may green up in the summer heat before returning to wine red as the weather cools. Small white or pinkish white flower clusters bloom in late spring into summer. Grows best with afternoon shade in the South and dry to medium well drained acidic soil. Type: Shrub Origins: East N.