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Potentilla atrosanguinea Himalayan cinquefoil Z 5-8
Open pink cups in June-July
Open pink cups in June-July
Size: 18-24" x 24"
Care: Sun well-drained soil
Native: HimalayasPotentilla is Latin meaning powerful referring to medicinal properties. Potentillas used by dentists in the 16th century to reduce pain according to Gerard, English herbalist. Per Culpepper, 17th century English herbalist potentilla is to be used if Jupiter is ascending and the moon is “applying to him.” Atrosanguinea 1st collected in its native Nepal in 1822.
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Potentilla hippiana Woody cinquefoil Z 4-8
Small clusters of yellow flowers atop fuzzy, toothed edged leaves
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Small clusters of yellow flowers, July-August, atop fuzzy, toothed edged leaves
Size: 5-20” x 12"
Care: full sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Central & Southeast USA & much of Canada
Wildlife Value: Bee plantJohann Georg Lehmann (1792-1860) named this species in 1827 from a specimen collected by Edwin James in 1820 near the “sources of the Platte”. Carl Hippio was, in Weber’s words, “a revered colleague of Lehmann”
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Potentilla nepalensis Nepal cinquefoil Z 5-9
Five-petal, open pink saucers with raspberry centers, blossom in small clusters atop leafless stems, above the clump of ground-hugging foliage. blooming in summer. “A fine species,” Liberty Hyde Bailey 1933.
Five-petal, open pink saucers with raspberry centers, blossom in small clusters atop leafless stems, above the clump of ground-hugging foliage. blooming in summer. “A fine species,” Liberty Hyde Bailey 1933.
Size: 1-2' x 12-18"
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil to well-drained soil
Native: Himalayan mountains1st described in 1822 in Exotic Flora, Vol. 2 p. 88, William Jackson Hooker. It flowered at the botanic garden in Edinburgh in 1823.
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Potentilla porphyrantha Z 3-8
Bun of gray-green foliage sets off 7-petal pink blooms, medium pink in the center fading to light pink on the ends, surrounding a boss of stamens. Blooms in spring. One of our favorites.
Bun of gray-green foliage sets off 7-petal pink blooms, medium pink in the center fading to light pink on the ends, surrounding a boss of stamens. Blooms in spring. One of our favorites.
Size: 6” x 15”
Care: sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus Mountains in Armenia1st described for botany in 1940. Seems to be controversy among taxonomists about the plant’s name. Regardless, both the foliage and flowers make a beautiful little plant.
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Potentilla rupestris syn. Drymocallis rupestris Rock cinquefoil, Siberian tea Z 5-8
White, single rose-like saucer flowers with prominent yellow stamens flowering atop leafless stems. Blooms in early summer.
White, single rose-like saucer flowers with prominent yellow stamens flowering atop leafless stems. Blooms in early summer.
Size: 10-20" x 12"
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe, Asia & mountains of western No. AmericaPotentilla is Latin meaning “powerful” referring to medicinal properties. Rupestris means “rock loving.” This species 1st identified in literature in 1650. Russians used the leaves to brew tea.
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Potentilla thurberi Scarlet cinquefoil Z 5-9
Loose clusters of Cabernet-red saucers blooming atop tall stems, elevating the small saucer-like flowers to make them more visible. Blooms from June to September.
Loose clusters of Cabernet-red saucers blooming atop tall stems, elevating the small saucer-like flowers to make them more visible. Blooms from June to September.
Size: 30" x 12"
Care: full sun in well-drained soil
Native: Arizona & New MexicoPotentilla is Latin meaning powerful referring to medicinal properties. This species collected before 1880’s.
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Potentilla tridentata syn. Sibbaldiopsis tridentate Three-toothed cinquefoil Z 2-7
Clusters of white, single rose-like saucer flowers spring and early summer on this dainty-appearing perennial. Its glossy evergreen leaves tinge red in fall and winter.
Clusters of white, single rose-like saucer flowers spring and early summer on this dainty-appearing perennial. Its glossy evergreen leaves tinge red in fall and winter.
Size: 6" x 12" spreading by runners-can become a groundcover.
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained acidic soil.
Native: New England to Upper Great Lakes, north to the Arctic, Appalachian Mountains of Georgia, Wisconsin native.
Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New EnglandDescribed by Kew’ Botanic Garden’s 1st botanist William Aiton (1731-1793) Hortus Kewensis vol 2 p. 216 (1789), who wrote that it came from Benjamin Bewick’s “curious botanic garden” in Clapham. Introduced it in 1776.
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Potentilla x tonguei Staghorn cinquefoil Z. 5-8
Apricot-yellow flowers with red centers bloom June-September
Apricot-yellow flowers with red centers bloom June-September.
Size: 6” x 12”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.This is a cross of P. anglica and P. nepalensis which took place naturally in a garden. This Cinquefoil has been in gardens since at least 1839. Potentilla is Latin meaning “powerful” referring to historic medicinal properties since Hippocrates. We love its long, colorful blooms and neat habit.
