The best varieties of Potentilla shrub

Perennial woody cinquefoil shrub species Pentaphylloides fruticosa is known in special and practical literature as Kuril tea and five-leaf tea. The ability to bloom for a long time, undemanding to soils, drought resistance and winter hardiness are the hallmarks of both erect and ground cover shrubs with beautiful leaves divided into 3 or 5 parts. The plant thrives better in well-lit areas with moist and fertile soil. Because of the slightly hairy, pinnate leaves, the cinquefoil plant has acquired another name, which is often used for shrubs in Europe. There he is called dazifora (from the Greek words "Dasys" and "phoros", which means "carrying thick hairs"). Shoots of compact, upright or creeping shrub throughout the summer are densely dotted with attractive single flowers from 2.5 to 5 centimeters in diameter.

Color variety of Potentilla

In total, a little more than 130 varieties are cultivated. The color of the star-shaped flowers - white, yellow, bronze-orange, cream or red - depends on the varietal affiliation of the ornamental plant. If you like the yellow bloom of the crown, it is advisable to opt for the varieties "Sommcrflor", "Klondike", "Kobold" and "Elizabeth". These are low-growing shrubs with a height of 60 to 80 cm. Bushes of the Jackman's Variety and Goldstar varieties, as well as the 1.5-meter variety Katherine Dykes, reach a greater height (up to 1.2 meters). The smallest varieties of Potentilla with yellow flowers are Primrose Beauty and Goldteppich. The Abbotswood cinquefoil shrub looks perfect next to trees and framed by multi-colored flower beds, complementing their decorativeness with snow-white blooming of countless flowers. The varieties "Falkenburg" and "Tilford Cream" have creamy white flowers, "Princess" and "Glenroy Pinkie" are pale pink. Cinquefoil shrub variety "Royal Flush" from spring to mid-autumn pleases with the grace of dark pink flowers. Intense and bright red-orange and bronze-orange flowers bloom on the bushes of the varieties "Red Ace" and "Tangerine". A combination of varieties with different inflorescence colors can be used to create color variety in the garden.

Varieties suitable for cultivation in our climate. Some features of cinquefoil care

The following varieties are grown in central Russia: Nana Argentea, Dart's Golddigger, Coronaitin Triumph, Donard Gold, Longacre, Goldfinger, Abbotswood, Farrer's White, Elizabeth and others ... Gardeners who are attracted by shrubs with silvery-green foliage choose Dart's Golddigger, Longacre, Goldfinger, Kathrine Dykes from winter-hardy varieties.Potentilla shrubs overwinter under the snow, but a number of low and tall varieties require shelter in the conditions of severe Russian frosts. To maintain a decorative compact appearance, it is recommended to trim the shrub once every three years. Usually this procedure, which the shrub tolerates well, is carried out in April or September. If the shrub cinquefoil is chosen for planting, the varieties of which are very numerous, then each gardener gets a wonderful opportunity to take into account his preferences, give free rein to creative imagination and acquire exactly those forms of flowering shrubs that best fit into the composition of the garden plot and take a worthy place among ornamental alpine plants slides, hedges or curbs.

Description of Potentilla

The Potentilla plant (from the Latin Potentilla) is a one-, two- and perennial herb or shrub, a representative of the Pink family. In the garden culture, both the cinquefoil grass and the cinquefoil-shrub are grown. There are more than half a thousand plant species, most of which are distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

The name comes from the word potent - translated from Latin means powerful, strong. This is most likely due to the powerful healing properties of certain plant species. The type of cinquefoil shrub we call Kuril tea, five-leafed leaf. According to legend, Ilya Muromets breathed in the aroma of the "mighty man" in order to gain strength. Since ancient times, decoctions and infusions of Potentilla have been taken in Russia to recuperate and treat various diseases. Today, the plant is widely used to decorate curbs, alpine slides, hedges, as a tapeworm on a green lawn.

The stems of the plant are erect, erect or extended, and can be creeping. The leaves are feathery or multipart, the color is green, there may be a gray tint. Shrub types of Potentilla reach about 50 cm in height, grow by about 1 m in width. Inflorescences are in most cases corymbose-paniculate, there are species with single flowers. Corollas can be colored golden yellow, orange, red, pink, white, cream. The flowering stage lasts from May to September. The naked, sometimes pubescent fruit consists of many achenes - from 10 to 80 pcs.

Growing Potentilla from seeds

Potentilla seeds photo

Sowing in the ground

Sowing can be done before winter: the seeds will undergo natural stratification, and friendly shoots will appear in the spring. The garden bed is prepared in advance: it is carefully dug up, humus is introduced (a bucket per square meter), and the earth is allowed to settle. The soil should be carefully leveled with a rake, the seeds should be scattered over the surface as rarely as possible, and the soil should be covered with a rake.

In the spring, the emerging seedlings are thinned out, leaving 8-10 cm between the seedlings.Grown plants are planted at a distance of 20-40 cm.

Sowing in open ground in spring is not recommended.

Growing seedlings

Cinquefoil from seeds photo shoots

In order not to risk the seed, it is most reliable to sow seedlings. Do it in March. Fill the box with a peat-sand mixture, moisten the soil, distribute the seeds over the surface. Crops must be covered with transparent plastic wrap. Maintain the air temperature within 15-18º C, when two true leaves appear in the seedlings, dive them and plant them in separate cups. Seedlings grow slowly. They are planted in open ground by the end of summer. Young plants will need shelter for the winter. Flowering will begin next year.

Vegetative propagation of Potentilla

Cinquefoil can be propagated by dividing the bush (July-August), layering (in spring), cuttings (in spring from April to May and in autumn in early September).

Dividing the bush

You can divide the rhizome upon reaching the age of 4. Dig out the bush, divide it into parts with a sharp disinfected knife. Each section should contain 2-3 growth buds. Treat the roots with a growth stimulant and plant the cuttings in the ground.The distance between plants should be 20-40 cm.

Reproduction by layering

Reproduction by layering is the easiest way. Select a low-growing shoot, make an incision on the outside, bend it to the ground and lay it with an incision down into the dug groove, sprinkle with earth. By the fall, the cutter will have formed a root system. Separate it from the main plant and replant it to a permanent location.

Propagation by cuttings

Cutting Potentilla photo

For cuttings, the apical shoots are chosen. Cutting length should be 8-10 cm, remove flowers. Can be rooted in a container of damp perlite or outdoors in a shady area of ​​the garden, covered with a cut plastic bottle or glass jar. Spray several times a day. In order not to weaken the stalk, the buds that appear must be removed. Plant rooted cuttings in a permanent place. Cover with spruce branches for the winter.

Planting Potentilla in open ground

Planting is done in early spring, as soon as the snow melts and the soil thaws.

• The planting hole should be 2 times wider and deeper than the size of the container with the seedling (they are purchased in nurseries).
• At the bottom of the planting hole, lay a layer of lime gravel, fill it halfway with a mixture of leafy earth, humus, sand in a ratio of 2: 2: 1, add 150 g of mineral fertilizers to the mixture.
• The root collar of the seedling should be slightly above the level of the surface of the planting fossa. Fill the remaining space with garden soil, tamp, water.
• Maintain constant soil moisture for a month after planting.
• To prevent the rapid drying of the soil, you can mulch the area around the bush with bark, sawdust, straw.

Site selection and soil

Most types of Potentilla grow well in bright areas with shade at midday. The soil needs a loose, nutritious, slightly acidic reaction, with good drainage and a small amount of lime.

But there are nuances depending on the type of plant. White cinquefoil loves shade. Shiny cinquefoil will feel best on the south side and in sandy ground. Arctic cinquefoil needs acidic soil.

Potentilla care

Cinquefoil potentilla fruticosa care and cultivation from seeds In the photo variety Red Ace

Caring for the cinquefoil herb, as well as for the shrub, does not require significant effort.

Weeding from weeds, loosening the soil, not frequent watering, top dressing, mulching the soil and removing wilted flowers are necessary.

Watering

Watering is necessary only in the absence of precipitation. For shrubs, one bucket of warm water is enough for each bush every two weeks.

Spraying with water is enough occasionally: on a stuffy summer evening, at the end of a sultry day.

If in the spring you mulch the soil with sawdust or peat, you will need to loosen and water it even less often. Add mulch 2-3 more times in summer.

Top dressing

It is enough to feed flowering plants with mineral fertilizers only three times per season (May, July, August or early September).

Pruning

For shrub Potentilla, it is necessary to prune. Do this before the buds open in early spring and in autumn. In order for the bush to be neat, in the spring it is necessary to remove last year's growths by about a third, in the fall, eliminate old or too elongated shoots. Also remove dry, broken, growing inward branches, remove wilted buds.

Cinquefoil in autumn and winter

In autumn, the one-year-old Potentilla is removed, the site is dug up. Prune shrub cinquefoil. To prevent diseases and pests, it is recommended to spray the bushes with Bordeaux liquid.

The plant is frost-resistant. Shelter is required only for young plants planted in the fall, and some delicate varieties.

Pests and diseases of Potentilla

Cinquefoil is rarely exposed to diseases and pests.

Possible damage by rust, spotting, powdery mildew.For annuals, this is not particularly scary - they will not lose their decorative effect, and in the fall they must be disposed of. Perennial plants must be treated with a fungicide.

Scoops (butterflies of faded color, similar to moths) are pests of Potentilla. If they appear, treat the plant with an insecticide.

Types and varieties of Potentilla with photos and names

There are many types and varieties of Potentilla, consider the most popular of them.

First type - Grassy Potentilla

Cinquefoil Potentilla apennina

Cinquefoil Potentilla apennina photo

Perennial plant with trifoliate leaves with silvery pubescence. The corolla is white and pink.

White cinquefoil Potentilla alba

White cinquefoil Potentilla alba photo

Perennial plant 8-25 cm high. It has complex palmate-lobed basal leaves, no stem leaves. Flowers with a diameter of about 3 cm are white. They gather in loose umbellate or racemose inflorescences. Peduncle length is 25 cm.

Cinquefoil goose aka goose foot Potentilla anserina

Cinquefoil goose aka goose foot Potentilla anserina photo

Ciristocomplex leaves about 20 cm long are collected in basal rosettes. The underside of the leaf is pubescent. Peduncles end in single yellow flowers.

Nepalese cinquefoil Potentilla nepalensis

Nepalese cinquefoil Potentilla nepalensis cultivar Miss Wilmott Miss Willmott photo

Perennial up to half a meter high, has straight branched stems. Leaves are large (up to 30 cm long), palmate, dark green color. Flowers with a diameter of 3 cm are painted in light pink, dark pink with veins or red. Paniculate inflorescences flaunt from July to autumn.

Popular varieties:

• Roxana is a salmon-orange shade of flowers with darker veins;
• Miss Wilmott - has cherry-pink flowers with a darker core;
• Floris is a pale salmon corolla with a red-orange eye.

Cinquefoil erect or straight, aka galangal Potentilla erecta

Cinquefoil erect or straight, aka galangal Potentilla erecta photo

The plant is about 20 cm tall with an erect stem, it is leafy and branched in the upper part. The leaves are trifoliate, the basal leaves are sessile, the stem leaves are on long thin petioles. Flowers are single, about 1 cm in diameter, flowering occurs in June-August.

Silver cinquefoil Potentilla argentea

Silver cinquefoil Potentilla argentea photo

A perennial plant with a tuberous root system. Arcuate stems reach a height of 30 cm. Basal leaves up to the middle part of the stem are 5-7-separated, the upper ones are 3-5-separated, the lower side of the leaf is covered with white hair. Small flowers with a diameter of 12 mm are collected in a corymbose-paniculate inflorescence. The color of the flowers is yellow.

Hybrid cinquefoil Potentilla x hybrida

Hybrid cinquefoil cultivar Arc-en-Ciel photo

The species combines all garden forms and varieties of hybrid origin. Most plants reach a height of about 90 cm. Stems are erect, highly branched, pubescent. The lower leaves are attached on long petioles, the stem leaves are sessile. The leaves are trifoliate, palmate-divided in shape. The flowers are velvety, about 4 cm in diameter, collected in loose racemose inflorescences. Their color is pink, red, dark purple, yellow.

Popular varieties are:

• Master Floris - blooms long and profusely, flowers are large, simple, yellow.

Cinquefoil hybrid variety Yellow Queen Yellow Queen photo

• Yellow Queen is a plant up to 30 cm high, has yellow flowers with glossy petals;
• Volcano - has double flowers of bright red color.

Popular types of herbaceous cinquefoil are golden, shaggy, two-flowered, long-leaved, deceptive, silver-leaved, tansy, Krantza, Tonga and many others.

The second type is shrub cinquefoil

Pentaphylloides Daurian Pentaphylloides davurica

Pentaphylloides davurica Pentaphylloides davurica photo

Reaches a height of about 60 cm. The leaves are 5-partite, the surface is smooth, the lower part is covered with a bluish pile. Flowers with a diameter of about 2.5 cm, are often located singly, can be collected in umbellate inflorescences, the color of the corolla is white.

Pentaphylloides shrub Pentaphylloides fruticosa

Cinquefoil Katherine Dykes potentilla fruticosa Katherine Dykes photo

The bush is up to 1.5, branches well, very hardy.The stems are covered with brown or grayish bark. The leaves are solid, elongated, at first painted in a pale green color, with time, silvery pubescence appears. Corollas with a diameter of about 2 cm are colored golden yellow, they grow singly or gather in racemose inflorescences.

Low-growing varieties

White cinquefoil cultivar Potentilla fruticosa ‘Tilford Cream’ photo

The most popular undersized varieties: Goldstar, Goldfinger, Jolina, Dakota Sunrise, Abbottwood, Reinesenberg - color of flowers in a yellow-orange range, Rodokalix and Farrers White - have white flowers.

Tall varieties

Cinquefoil shrub variety potentilla fruticosa Elizabeth photo

Catherine Dykes, Elizabeth - varieties over 1 m in height, have yellow flowers.

Frost-resistant varieties

Cinquefoil potentilla fruticosa Darts Golddigger photo

Bisi, Darts Golddigger, Goldterppich - frost-resistant species with gray-silver flowers.

Compact covering varieties

Compact varieties requiring shelter for the winter:

Cobrld, Klondike - have yellow flowers;

Parvifolia, Red Robbin, Red Ice - colors from orange-yellow to brick-red;

Cinquefoil shrub variety potentilla fruticosa Eastleigh Cream photo

Eastleigh Cream - creamy white flowers;

Pritty Polly, Daydown, Blink, Royal Flash - different shades of pink.

Such shrub types of Potentilla are attracted: five-leaved small-leaved, Manchurian, drianoflower, Friedrichsen.

Useful properties of Potentilla and contraindications

The healing properties are mainly possessed by white cinquefoil, erect and galangal. Extracts from herbs and roots of these species are almost identical in medicinal properties, especially when applied externally. The use of preparations from the ground part of the white cinquefoil inside stimulates the central nervous system, extracts from the roots of the plant promote kidney function. White cinquefoil and galangal are used to treat various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Alcohol tinctures of white cinquefoil are used for inflammation of the thyroid gland. Prepare the tincture in this way: chop the dry root of the plant and insist on vodka, then filter. White cinquefoil (especially roots) contains almost all the useful elements of the periodic table.

Galangal cinquefoil contains substances that have astringent, bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects.

Cinquefoil is rich in essential oils, tannins, starch, flavonoids, cinchona and ascorbic acid.

Shrub species Kuril cinquefoil also has medicinal properties. Kuril tea is used as a diuretic, choleretic, hemostatic, antiviral, antiallergenic agent, effective for diarrhea and constipation.

Preparations from Potentilla galangal and goose are categorically not to be taken by people prone to thrombosis, as well as hypotensive patients. In any case, consult a doctor before use.

We are talking about the most common types and varieties of herbaceous and shrub Potentilla. You are sure to find something for your garden!

Cinquefoil got its name from the shape of the leaves, which resemble the paw of an animal or the palm of a person. This plant is also called cinquefoil, or Kuril tea.

There are many different types and varieties of Potentilla. Most often these are perennial shrubs and semi-shrubs, but herbaceous annuals and biennials are also present in this plant “family”.

We will tell you about the most common types and decorative varieties of Kuril tea in culture.

Shrub cinquefoil

In nature, this type of Potentilla is common in Eastern Siberia, Primorsky Territory, and also grows in China and Korea.

In height, the shrub can reach both 10 cm and 1.5 m - it all depends on the variety. And a huge number of them have been bred, because Kuril shrub tea is popular as an ornamental plant for rock gardens, borders and low hedges.

Among tall varietiesthat thrive in midland gardens - Elizabeth and Kathrine Dykes with bright yellow flowers, Daydawn with orange flowers, Manchu with cream-white flowers.

From undersized popular are Goldfinger, Dart's Golddigger, Goldteppich with yellow flowers and silvery-gray foliage, Rhodocalyx with white flowers.

The flowering of shrub Potentilla lasts the entire season: from late spring - early summer to October.

This type of Potentilla is winter-hardy, loves well-lit areas, but also tolerates partial shade, prefers moist soil.

White bloodroot

White cinquefoil, unlike shrub cinquefoil, is a compact herbaceous perennial. It reaches a height of no more than 30 cm.

As you might guess from the name, the flowers of this species are snow-white. Flowering occurs in late spring - early summer (April-June).

White cinquefoil is a slow-growing plant. It takes 10-15 years from sowing seeds to getting an adult plant! And seed germination is low. It is best to propagate this perennial vegetatively - by root cuttings. But in this case, you will have to wait 4-5 years before planting Potentilla on a permanent place.

It is not surprising that the white cinquefoil is rarely found in culture. Which summer resident has the patience to grow the cuttings to an adult plant?

By the way, in several regions of Russia, as well as in Belarus, this plant is considered a Red Book plant.

White cinquefoil is used mainly in medicine. Albinin is isolated from the roots and rhizomes of this medicinal plant, which is used to treat diseases of the thyroid gland.

Goose cinquefoil

Cinquefoil goose is also popularly known as a goose foot, caterpillar, convulsive grass. It grows in abundance along roadsides, in ravines, on riverbanks and meadows.

The crow's feet have creeping shoots that grow up to 80 cm in length. But his "growth" is not high.

The quinquefoil goose blooms in the first half of summer with bright yellow flowers. By the way, the goose foot is an excellent honey plant.

Like most types of Potentilla, this plant is actively used in folk medicine. In particular, as an analgesic, wound healing, hemostatic, anticonvulsant.

Cinquefoil can be planted in the first row of mixborders. It fits perfectly into the naturgarden concept.

Erect cinquefoil

Alternative names for erect cinquefoil are dubrovka, galangal, narrow cinquefoil, galangal grass.

It is a herbaceous perennial with a height of 15 cm to half a meter. It is ubiquitous in Eurasia, and you, of course, have seen it more than once in wet meadows and forest edges.

Potentilla erect blooms all season, from May to September, with yellow flowers.

In culture, it can be grown in mixborders.

It is widely used in medicine (including folk medicine) and in the economy. From the rhizomes of galangal herb, dye, and medicinal substances, and seasoning, and even tooth powder are obtained.

Nepalese cinquefoil

As it is not difficult to guess from the name, Nepalese Potentilla is an exotic "girl". She is originally from the eastern countries - Pakistan and Nepal.

This is a decorative type of Potentilla with large inflorescences of luxurious colors: red, raspberry, pink, coral shades.

There are various decorative varieties of Nepalese Potentilla. Among the popular ones:

• Flores - salmon flowers with an orange-red eye in the center,
• Roxana - coral flowers with an orange eye in the center, edged with a golden ring,
• Miss Wilmott - light pink flowers with a dark pink eye in the center.

The Nepalese Potentilla blooms in the middle of summer, for almost two months. Unlike most other species of this genus of plants, it can be successfully propagated by seed. True, it will bloom only in the second year. Sowing is carried out in open ground all summer long.

Also, cinquefoil of this species is propagated by dividing the bush, layering, cuttings. Cuttings and layering are taken in the second half of summer, the bush is divided in early autumn.

Nepalese Potentilla can be safely planted in single plantings. It is very decorative in itself, and its "height" of about 30 cm allows it not to get lost in the flower garden against the background of other plants. However, most landscape designers plant this beauty in mixed plantings. Often - together with flowers of a contrasting color (blue, purple) to emphasize its spectacular flowers.

Silver cinquefoil

Silver cinquefoil is a herbaceous perennial with a height of 10-30 cm. Perhaps this is one of the most common types of cinquefoil throughout Eurasia: it grows along railway lines, ravines, quarries, rocks.

This type of Potentilla is extremely rarely grown in garden culture, but it is actively used in folk medicine as a bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic agent, for the treatment of rheumatism, liver diseases, etc.

Hybrid cinquefoil

Hybrid cinquefoil is a kind of "mixed hodgepodge" of all garden forms of cinquefoil obtained by hybridization. It is a perennial with a branched erect stem and a vertical rhizome. The height of the hybrid Potentilla ranges from 40 to 90 cm, depending on the variety.

Like other Potentilla, it is quite winter-hardy, loves good watering, but is generally unpretentious. Blooms all summer, capturing late spring and early autumn - from May to September.

Perennials from this group can be propagated both by seeds and vegetatively, like the Nepalese Potentilla.

The most popular and beautiful varieties of hybrid Potentilla:

• Twinklyn Star - soft salmon petals with a dark pink eye,
• Ark en Sel - red double flowers with yellow dots along the edge of the petals,
• William Rollison - red-orange double flowers with a yellow eye,
• Monarch Velvet - ruby ​​flowers with a burgundy eye.

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For a long time, shrub cinquefoil remains the unchanged favorite of gardeners and landscape designers. It stands out from other plants with its luxurious numerous buds, which abundantly cover the entire bush. Most often, on personal plots, you can find varieties with bright yellow inflorescences, reminiscent of the golden curls of a fairy princess. Despite this, the types of Potentilla with white, orange, pink and red flowers are no less popular. Some of them are terry. To finally fall in love with this stately plant, it is advisable to get to know him better.

Due to the fact that the shrub is bred from wild species, it does not require special care. It successfully takes root in the northern regions and even in the arctic latitudes.

General description of the plant

Among the many garden plants, cinquefoil shrub has a rather long flowering period. Under favorable conditions and proper care, it is covered with a scattering of buds from the beginning of summer until the first frost. From the side, the shrub resembles a luxurious fabric that sways gracefully from the summer breeze. Those who raised him on the territory of a country house created for themselves a truly paradise. Looking at the photo of Shrub Potentilla, you can see its unsurpassed originality, original tenderness and sophisticated details.

This cute beauty can boast of several more names - five-leaf tea and Kuril tea. In addition, translated from the Latin language, the word "potents" means "powerful", which indicates the beneficial properties of this plant.

In its natural environment, on spacious meadows and river valleys, goose cinquefoil is found.Her 80 cm long garlands are richly decorated with bright yellow flowers. Designers use hybrid herbaceous varieties for alpine slides, and a shrub species as a flowering hedge. Due to the fact that the plant grows in nature on pebbles, rocky slopes, it successfully takes root on the fertile soil of the summer cottage.

Cinquefoil is a lush, highly branched shrub about 1.5 meters high. Its delicate shoots grow from the root area, forming a dense lace crown in the form of a ball or hemisphere. Most often, the crown width is much greater than the Potentilla height, which gives the plant a unique look throughout the season.

The openwork and curly look gives the bushes original carved leaves, which are divided from 3 to 7 parts. They are a bit like indoor geraniums, cuffs and parsley. Each lobe of the leaf plate has a lanceolate character with a solid frame and a pointed apex. The color is muted greenish with a silvery sheen.

Potentilla shrub buds have a simple shape and reach 3.5 cm in diameter. Consists of 5 rounded petals that surround a fluffy center, consisting of 30 delicate stamens. During flowering, they bloom along the entire shoot, forming openwork garlands against the background of green foliage. It is interesting that throughout this period the buds are interchangeable. Some bear crescent fruits, others are just blooming. Thus, Potentilla can meet even the first snow with young inflorescences.

In addition, the plant is widely used in folk medicine. Many people know the beneficial properties of Potentilla shrub and contraindications. Its raw foliage contains a huge number of useful elements, including:

• vitamin C;
• carotene;
• ascorbic acid;
• tannins;
• essential oils.

Decoctions from it help to strengthen the immune system, stimulate digestion and have a beneficial effect on blood composition. The only contraindication is the intolerance of its components. A prudent approach to treatment will help you make wise decisions.

Modern breeders continue to work on the creation of new types of Potentilla. Although today many decorative varieties are already known. They differ in size, color of buds and degree of frost resistance. Therefore, gardeners should take these parameters into account when choosing plants for a summer cottage. Consider the most popular varieties of Potentilla shrub, photos and descriptions of plants in order to appreciate their stately beauty.

Abbotswood

A beautifully flowering deciduous shrub of this species has a meter height with a crown width of about 130 cm. During lush flowering, many snow-white buds appear on it. The last inflorescences can bloom even in early October. The leaf plates are yellowish-green in color and consist of 3 or 7 ovoid parts. The length is about 3 cm.

Shrub cinquefoil "Abbotswood" is resistant to dry weather. Loves a lot of light, although it grows successfully in shady areas. The plant prefers moist soil with good drainage. Refers to fast growing shrubs. Over the course of a year, its height increases by 20 cm and its width by approximately 25 cm.

Potentilla is planted in pits with a maximum depth of 60 cm, at the bottom of which drainage from pebbles or broken bricks is laid. The soil is fertilized with humus and diluted with sand. To stimulate growth, you can add mineral fertilizers to the soil at the rate of 100 g per hole.

For the plant to successfully take root, the root collar of Potentilla must be flush with the ground.

Goldfinger

The original cushion-shaped crown of Potentilla shrub "Goldfinger" fits wonderfully into the garden landscape of a country house. Its bright yellow large-sized inflorescences will decorate the site for a whole season, right up to the first frost.The plant loves open areas where there is a lot of sunlight and well-drained land. Needs moderate humidity, therefore suffers from dry periods.

The flowering period begins in late spring, when the entire shrub is dressed in a yellow veil of delicate buds. Dark green leaves do not change their hue until autumn. The plant is used to attract various types of butterflies to the garden.

"Red Ice"

The Red Ice shrub cinquefoil, unusually resistant to weather conditions, grows, on average, up to 1.5 m in height. Differs in the original coloring of the peeling bark of the shoots, which happens:

• reddish;
• reddish brown;
• gray.

The sheet plate consists mainly of 5 parts. In the spring it is colored light green, and throughout the summer it has a silvery hue. The first buds are orange-red, summer versions are orange-yellow.

The type of Potentilla shrub "Red Ace" feels great in humid places and in partial shade. Frost resistant. It perfectly tolerates pruning, after which it retains its decorative appearance. Some specimens grow up to a maximum of 60 cm.The diameter of the crown is about 100 cm.

"Pink Queen"

The unique pink queen of garden flower beds is a low bush with creeping branches. It is unusually hardy, tolerates pruning wonderfully, retaining its compactness and original appearance for a long time. For the cinquefoil shrub "Pink Queen", a dense cushion-shaped crown is characteristic. It is formed from feathery leaves, consisting of 5 or 7 oval parts. They are light green in summer and golden in autumn. Pink buds appear in early June and bloom wildly until the end of September. Another name for this species - shrub cinquefoil "Princess".

Merion Red Robin

Lovers of low-growing plants can grow an amazing flowering bush on their site. It grows only up to 50 cm. The dense crown of Potentilla shrub "Merion Red Robin" resembles a miniature hemisphere 80 cm wide, which consists of many thin shoots. Against the background of lanceolate leaves of a light green color, many orange inflorescences appear every spring. They adorn the plant until mid-September.

Cinquefoil "Merion Red Robin" is used for decorating slopes, borders or as a ground cover plant.

Lovely Pink

Shrub cinquefoil "Lovely Pink" is a short plant that has a dense creeping crown. Grows up to 0.5 m in height. The diameter of the bush is 100 cm. It can grow only by 10 cm per year. The leaf plates are dark green in color, 3 cm in length. From the beginning of June, a huge number of pink buds appear on the Potentilla. Flowering continues until mid-autumn, right up to the first frost. The shrub prefers open areas where there is a lot of sunlight.

To stimulate abundant flowering and form the shape of the crown, the cinquefoil should be cut off. It is better to do this in early spring.

Practical tips for caring for and growing a plant

Cinquefoil is considered an unpretentious plant and survives in nature even in extreme conditions. Therefore, for those who want to start a plant on their site, it is enough to follow simple rules:

• choice of location;
• suitable soil;
• watering;
• pruning;
• top dressing.

Simple care and cultivation of Potentilla shrub allows many gardeners to decorate their plots with this cute plant. It is planted in spring or autumn, when the threat of frost has passed. Cinquefoil takes root well in open places where there is a lot of light. In extreme cases, partial shade.

The soil should be light and loose with good drainage. For planting, a deep hole is dug, which is 2 times the length of the root. Drainage from gravel or pebbles is laid at the bottom, after which it is covered with soil consisting of humus, sand and turf soil.For feeding, add a glass of ash and mineral fertilizer (about 150 g).

Proper care of shrubs means proper watering. Young seedlings are moistened 3 times a week, 10 liters per bush. Others, it is enough to moderately moisturize as the soil dries around the root zone.

To stimulate the successful development of the plant at the beginning and at the end of the growing season, fertilizing is carried out with special fertilizers.

It is also important to carry out and pruning Potentilla every season. This improves its appearance, stimulates growth and forms a beautiful crown. The cinquefoil shown in the photo in landscape design is a living confirmation of the value of this operation.   It is carried out in early spring, when the buds have not yet begun to grow. They remove last year's tops of shoots, dry branches, as well as those that grow inside the bush. As a result, the plant can be completely renewed in a few procedures. And then, the summer cottage will always be decorated with golden curls of Potentilla shrub.

We choose shrub cinquefoil for a summer cottage