Potentilla atrosanquinea 'Red' - DARK CRIMSON CINQUEFOIL 'RED'
Pest free, drought tolerant perennial with ornamental leaves and smaller crimson flowers. Better for areas with cooler summers.
Clumps of hairy, silver and strawberry-like leaves, usually 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide. Thin stem carry cup-shaped flowers in June/July, sporadically even later in the season.
Full sun is the best, tolerates half shade. Average, preferably drained soil with average moisture (medium) to medium-dry. Sandy, rocky, gravelly soil,...Established plants are drought tolerant.
Pollinator friendly (honeybees and potentially some butterflies). Deer and rabbit resistant.
Suitable for zones 5 to 7.
Originates in Himalaya mountains, so it performs better in cooler climates and zone 7 is limiting.
Fur sunny garden, drained soils or rock garden. Combine with other drought tolerant perennials like Achillea 'Moonshine', Achillea millefolium hybrids, Agastache (Kudos series, 'Rosie Posie' etc.), Allium 'Summer Beauty' and other summer blooming perennial Allium, Asclepias verticillata, Asclepias tuberosa, Asteromea mongolica, Calamintha nepeta, Callirhoe, Coreopsis verticillata, Echinacea, Dianthus, Gaura, Monarda punctata, Monarda bradburiana, Knautia macedonica, Iris x barbata 'Nana' , Iris tectorum, Limonium, shorter Liatris, Nepeta x faasenii hybrids, Origanum, Penstemon, creeping Phloxes (Phlox subulata, Phlox nivalis, Phlox bifida and all hybrids), Rudbeckia missouriensis, Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' or 'Little Susie', Ruellia humilis, Salvia, Sedum, Sisyrinchium, Thymus, Stachys 'Humello', Stokesia, Veronica spicata or creeping Veronica, and grasses like Bouteloua, Festuca, Muhlenbergia, Koeleria cristata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporolobolus, Stipa and many others.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Jelitto
Potentilla atrosanquinea 'Red' - DARK CRIMSON CINQUEFOIL 'RED'
Pest free, drought tolerant perennial with ornamental leaves and smaller crimson flowers. Better for areas with cooler summers.
Clumps of hairy, silver and strawberry-like leaves, usually 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide. Thin stem carry cup-shaped flowers in June/July, sporadically even later in the season.
Full sun is the best, tolerates half shade. Average, preferably drained soil with average moisture (medium) to medium-dry. Sandy, rocky, gravelly soil,...Established plants are drought tolerant.
Pollinator friendly (honeybees and potentially some butterflies). Deer and rabbit resistant.
Suitable for zones 5 to 7.
Originates in Himalaya mountains, so it performs better in cooler climates and zone 7 is limiting.
Fur sunny garden, drained soils or rock garden. Combine with other drought tolerant perennials like Achillea 'Moonshine', Achillea millefolium hybrids, Agastache (Kudos series, 'Rosie Posie' etc.), Allium 'Summer Beauty' and other summer blooming perennial Allium, Asclepias verticillata, Asclepias tuberosa, Asteromea mongolica, Calamintha nepeta, Callirhoe, Coreopsis verticillata, Echinacea, Dianthus, Gaura, Monarda punctata, Monarda bradburiana, Knautia macedonica, Iris x barbata 'Nana' , Iris tectorum, Limonium, shorter Liatris, Nepeta x faasenii hybrids, Origanum, Penstemon, creeping Phloxes (Phlox subulata, Phlox nivalis, Phlox bifida and all hybrids), Rudbeckia missouriensis, Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' or 'Little Susie', Ruellia humilis, Salvia, Sedum, Sisyrinchium, Thymus, Stachys 'Humello', Stokesia, Veronica spicata or creeping Veronica, and grasses like Bouteloua, Festuca, Muhlenbergia, Koeleria cristata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporolobolus, Stipa and many others.
Pot size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Jelitto