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Potentilla

Potentillas are undemanding but rewarding plants for sunny, well-drained sites. Whether as shrubs or perennials, they produce saucer-shaped, single or semi-double flowers in a broad range of colours from spring to autumn, peaking in summer. Shrubs make informal hedges or useful infill in borders. The herbaceous perennials suit edges at the front of  borders, and the dwarf species among them can decorate rock gardens.

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Potentillas we recommend

Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
cinquefoil 'Gibson's Scarlet'
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> 'Gibson's Scarlet'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'PBR
shrubby cinquefoil 'Pink Beauty'
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> 'Pink Beauty'<sup>PBR</sup>
Potentilla fruticosa Marian Red Robin ('Marrob'PBR)
shrubby cinquefoil Marian Red Robin
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Marian Red Robin</span> ('Marrob'<sup>PBR</sup>)
Potentilla fruticosa 'Primrose Beauty'
shrubby cinquefoil 'Primrose Beauty'
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> 'Primrose Beauty'
Potentilla × tonguei
staghorn cinquefoil
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> × <em>tonguei</em>
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
cinquefoil 'Gibson's Scarlet'
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> 'Gibson's Scarlet'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'PBR
shrubby cinquefoil 'Pink Beauty'
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> 'Pink Beauty'<sup>PBR</sup>
Potentilla fruticosa Marian Red Robin ('Marrob'PBR)
shrubby cinquefoil Marian Red Robin
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Marian Red Robin</span> ('Marrob'<sup>PBR</sup>)
Potentilla fruticosa 'Primrose Beauty'
shrubby cinquefoil 'Primrose Beauty'
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> 'Primrose Beauty'
Potentilla × tonguei
staghorn cinquefoil
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> × <em>tonguei</em>
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
cinquefoil 'Gibson's Scarlet'
  • 0.1–0.5 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> 'Gibson's Scarlet'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'PBR
shrubby cinquefoil 'Pink Beauty'
  • 0.5–1 metres
  • 0.5–1 metres
<em>Potentilla</em> <em>fruticosa</em> 'Pink Beauty'<sup>PBR</sup>
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