Shrubby Cinquefoil, Bush Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  The Shrubby Cinquefoil or Bush Cinquefoil is an expansive woody plant with yellow blossom appearing from June onwards which grows to 1.5m in height. This small flowering bush is popular for borders and rock gardens.

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  Blätter

  Elliptical to linear, seated, odd-pinnate leaflets, alternate, with small obtuse tip, rounded base, entire. Leaves are green above and slightly hairy above, pale green and moderately hairy below. 2-4cm long, 2-4cm wide.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Elliptical to linear, seated, odd-pinnate leaflets, alternate, with small obtuse tip, rounded base, entire. Leaves are green above and slightly hairy above, pale green and moderately hairy below. 2-4cm long, 2-4cm wide.

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  Blüten

  Flowering period VI-X. Yellow dish-like blossoms with 5 petals each; 2-3cm wide and of particular ornamental value; blossoms rarely appear singly.

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  Rinde

  Brown or grey-brown bark with shallow furrows. Branches are red-brown or brown, sometimes purple-brown, with round cross-section.

Anwendung

Flowering bush, borders, extensive plant coverage, container plants, rock gardens, for planting in groups, parks, low woody plant covers

Heimatgebiete

Europe

Standortparameter

Light: sunny to off-sun; soil type: sandy to loamy-clayey; nutrient concentration: low to high; pH value of the soil: acid to slightly alkaline; soil: dry to moist.

Ansprüche

Very frost-hardy, intolerant of salt, not fume-hardy; tolerates urban climates; intolerant of soil compaction; prefers sandy to loamy soil. Light: sun to off-sun.

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1 - 1.5m high, 1-1.5m in diameter

Blätter

Elliptical to linear, seated, odd-pinnate leaflets, alternate, with small obtuse tip, rounded base, entire. Leaves are green above and slightly hairy above, pale green and moderately hairy below. 2-4cm long, 2-4cm wide.

Blüten

Flowering period VI-X. Yellow dish-like blossoms with 5 petals each; 2-3cm wide and of particular ornamental value; blossoms rarely appear singly.

Früchte

Small nutlets, dry and hard, drop off individually.

Rinde

Brown or grey-brown bark with shallow furrows. Branches are red-brown or brown, sometimes purple-brown, with round cross-section.

Wurzel

Surface-rooting; large proportion of fine roots; tough main roots also go deep.

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