The Plants
Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet'
cinquefoil
£7.99
Rich raspberry red flowers with deep velvet red centres from June to August and hairy, strawberry-like leaves
Type
- Shrubs
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: Hardy
Vigour: Medium growing
Uses
- Beds and borders
- Cottage style garden
- Gravel garden
Special features
- Low maintenance
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: Medium
Pot size: 2 litre
Eventual height: 60cm
Eventual spread: 50cm
Positions
- Sun
Aspects
- South
Soil types
- Sandy
- Normal
Soil pH ranges
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline