Melinda Myers

Potentilla

Botanical Name

Potentilla fruticosa

Min Zone

2

Height

1 to 4 feet

Width

2 to 4 feet

Flowers

June to frost: yellow, pink, white; buttercup-like, single or in cymes

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Moist, well-drained, tolerates poor soils

Planting & Care

• Transplants easily
• Salt and drought tolerant
• Does well in extreme cold
• Renewal prune in late winter to keep it looking its best

Problems

Can look scrappy (renewal prune)

Varieties

• Abbotswood - large white flowers, 3 feet tall and wide, dark bluish-green foliage
• Fargo - deep golden 1 inch flowers, compact spreading, 2 to 3 feet tall, 3 to 4 feet wide
• Pink Beauty - pink flowers
• McKay's White - creamy white flowers, fruitless, Zone 3