The impression this tree (or maybe shrub) gives is having black leaves and red flowers. In close-up, it seems that I'm seeing fruits, not flowers, so maybe I don't know what colour the flowers were. In the last photo, it even seems that the red things look more like leaves or bracts. Branching is alternate, stems look glabrous. Every part of it looks like something from a different family. Viburnum looks closest, but if those are fruits, I'm not seeing Viburnum fruits like these. Thanks for an ID or hint. In Stanley Park, just water-side of the building at the entrance to the Pitch and Putt.
Oh, Ninebark. Also called "bladder fruit" because of that fruit shape, for which I was unable to come up with a description. Rosaceae. Well, that's also something I've seen before, though I don't remember seeing the fruits. Thanks, Eric.
Probably Physocarpus opulifolius 'Monlo', sold under the trade name Diabolo. Flowers are white. The little, bladder-like fruits are reddish in the sun. Physocarpus opulifolius is from eastern North America and seemingly very much more prone to colour mutations (viz. 'Darts Gold', 'Coppertina', 'Summer Wine', etc.) than the western North American P. capitata. They are generally excellent deciduous shrubs, well adapted to garden culture.
Thanks, Douglas. I'm happy to know that it's a P. opulifolius cultivar, as that's what I was guessing. It's very impressive in that setting.
