Description
Potentilla ‘Fruticosa Goldfinger’
deciduous shrub
comes in 3 or 5 gallon pots
P. fruticosa – Shrubby cinquefoil – Bush cinquefoil – This compact, bushy, deciduous shrub from Europe, Northern Asia and North America grows 3′ feet tall and 4-5′ feet wide. It produces pinnate leaves, to 1 ½” long, composed of usually 5 or 7 narrowly elliptical, mid green leaflets. From early summer to mid autumn it bears saucer shaped yellow to orange flowers, to 1 ½” across, often fading to salmon pink in the bright sun, are carried singly or in cymes pf 3.
‘Goldfinger’ –
is low growing, with narrow, bright green leaflets and bears large, rich yellow
flowers, to 2″ across
Grow in poor to moderately fertile, well drained soil in full sun. Rock garden species prefer poor, gritty, sharply drained soil. Divide perennial in autumn and spring.
zones 3-7
