The Plant Company

Bringing your garden to life

Contact

Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
[email protected]

The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

cinquefoil

Photo of Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

£10.00

A lovely cinquefoil with a profusion of white flowers from June to September. Small green, strawberry-like leaves

Type

  • Shrubs

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Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Cottage style garden
  • Gravel garden
  • Mediterranean style garden
  • Hedging

Special features

  • Low maintenance
  • Drought tolerant
  • Attractive to bees

Care instructions

Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Prune in mid spring. To tidy plant, trim over lightly after flowering and cut back the oldest wood to the base. Remove weak, twiggy growth.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 1.5 litre

Eventual height: 75cm

Eventual spread: 100cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • East
  • West

Soil types

  • Sandy
  • Normal

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline