Thursday, 29 October 2015

Potentilla fruticosa


  • Common Name - potentilla
  • Botanical Name - Potentilla fruticosa
  • Family -  Rosaceae 
  • Bark - brown, exfoliating
  • Leaf - compound, odd-pinnate, ovate shape, acute apex
  • Flower - solitary flowers May - September
  • Bud - alternate
  • Fruit - achene, July - October
  • Habit - twiggy, upright
  • Form - mounded, oval 
  • Size - 0.5 - 1.5 ft
  • Culture - full sun, rocky/well drained soil
  • Use - mass planting, mixed shrub border

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