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If you enjoy an easy life, then the ‘Perfect Potentilla Collection’ is just perfect for you. Striking blooms up to 2.5cm across are held aloft on strong, slender branching stems above bright, fuzzy, and attractive strawberry-like foliage. Invaluable as weed-suppressing groundcover from March to October. The perfect addition to a pollinator friendly garden and beneficial to other wildlife too, fruticosa ‘Abbotswood’ AGM – pristine white blooms and verdant green foliage, height 75cm, spread 60-90cm; fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’ AGM – delicate pink blooms, height and spread 60-90cm;and fruticosa ‘Bella Sol’ – golden-yellow blooms, height 60-90cm. Drought-tolerant once established, and pest-resistant these resilient, herbaceous shrubs will provide you with a reliable performance season after season. Happy in most soil types, in full sun or partial shade, in an east, south or west facing aspect, all are hardy perennials to at least -10°C.
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Potentilla fruticosa Bella Sol 9cm pot | Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’ 9cm pot | Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbotswood’ 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bella Sol’ 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Cinquefoil | ||
| Hardiness | H4 (-5 to -10°C) | ||
| Colour | Orange | ||
| Type | Shrub | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.90 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.90 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Drought Tolerant | Yes | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for Rockeries | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
