The Plants
Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'
cinquefoil
£10.00
A lovely cinquefoil with a profusion of white flowers from June to September. Small green, strawberry-like leaves
Type
- Shrubs
Award of Garden Merit
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