Potentilla - Cultivation Notes
This low growing shrub prefers a well drained fertile soil, including chalk - but not sticky clay! Plant in full / half sun. Potentilla benefits form a winter organic mulch and light trim to shape.
Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Potentilla:
- Sun loving drought tolerant plant
- Suitable for container growing
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
Weaknesses of Potentilla
- Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils
Design & Plant Use for Potentilla:
- Summer flowering plant suitable for drift planting
- Ideal for informal cottage garden style planting
- Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils
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