Diervilla Mountaineer® Autumn Inferno™ (D. x. 'Nononref')

Leafing out as early as March, Autumn Inferno® starts the season with wine-stained chartreuse foliage that fully matures by late spring when the lemon-yellow trumpet-shaped flowers begin to open. Lasting through July and carried in compact inflorescences, the flowers lead to upright elongate seed clusters which become increasingly red as the season progresses. By fall, when the foliage becomes cinnamon-red, the seeds have also darkened to a deep, burnished red. Together the seeds and the foliage are quite spectacular, providing rich red color to the autumn landscape.