Potentilla

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Potentilla

Cinquefoil

Potentilla aurea, Golden cinquefoil ©

Potentilla aurea

Golden cinquefoil

Potentilla aurea

Golden Cinquefoil

Mat forming perennial 4”x8”. Attractive glossy green toothed leaves and deep golden flowers June-July. Full sun, sharply drained soil. Rock garden. Hardy to –20 degrees F. Alps. Rosaceae

Potentilla calabra in flower

Potentilla calabra foliage ©

Potentilla calabra

Tufts of silver-gray palmate leaves and golden flowers in summer. Full sun to part shade, well-drained soil, low water. Hardy to 0 degrees F SE Europe Rosaceae

Potentilla glandulosa ssp rupestris ©

Potentilla glandulosa ssp rupstris

Potentilla glandulosa ssp rupestris

Compact cushion of pinnate leaves and creamy yellow flowers in late spring and summer. 6 x 10” Full sun, well-drained soil. Hardy to -10 degrees F. Rosaceae

Potentilla matsumurae © Potentilla matsumurae

Potentilla matsumurae

Compact cushion with bright yellow flowers almost hidden among the green palmate leaves in spring 6” x 6" Full sun, sharply drained soil. Hardy to –10 degrees F. Open rocky areas in the high mountains of Japan. Rosaceae

Potentilla megalantha, Strawberry Cinquefoil flower ©

Potentilla megalantha flower

Potentilla megalantha

in rock garden

Potentilla megalantha

(syn. P fragiformis)

Strawberry Cinquefoil

Cushions of silky, gray-green, strawberry-like leaves with bright yellow flowers. 10 x 12” Full sun, well-drained soil. Hardy to -10 degrees F. E Asia Rosaceae

Potentilla nepalense 'Shogran' flower

Potentilla nepalense

‘Shogran’

Compact cinquefoil forms glossy, green mat with carmine-rose flowers in summer. 6 x 24" Full sun, sharply drained soil. Hardy to –10 degrees F. Himalayas . Rosaceae