Potentilla rupestris (DRYMOCALLIS) - ROCK CINQUEFOIL
Clumping perennial with strawberry-like flowers.
Preffers somewhat drained soils and is incredibly drought tolerant. Reddish fall color on some leaves.
Great for dry sunny beds, rock gardens or crevice gardens. Does well in our dry raised bed (zone 6a, Bloomington, IN) and tolerates heat and humidity, but is not recommended south of zone 7. The best performance can be expected in somewhat cooler climates.
Blooming Time: May-June (in cooler regions will bloom a bit later - June/July)
Size: usually about 1' tall and wide (0.75-1.5’ tall and wide)
USDA Zones: 3 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, half-sun, average soil that drain well, to gravel, rocky or sandy soils (drained soils). Very drought tolerant.
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium
Origin: Europe, Siberia, China
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: we haven't observed, potentially some bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Plant combinations: Drier or dry beds, rock gardens, edges of sunny beds. Good companions include shorter Agastache, Asclepias tuberosa, dwarf Baptisia, Callirhoe, Coreopsis, Dalea, shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Eryngium, shorter Gaura, Gaillardia, Liatris, Monarda bradburiana, Penstemons, Phlox subulata, Verbena canadensis, prairie grasses like Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporolobus heterolepis, Stipa etc. Suitable non-native perennials can be Acanthus, Ashodelina, Campanula, Centaurea montana, Dictamnus, Eryngium, Knautia macedonica, Kniphophia, Iris x germanica, Iris tectorum, Lavandula, Stachys, Veronica spicata etc.
Pictures copyright : 1 - US Perennials, 2 - Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Commons Wikimedia
Potentilla rupestris (DRYMOCALLIS) - ROCK CINQUEFOIL
Clumping perennial with strawberry-like flowers.
Preffers somewhat drained soils and is incredibly drought tolerant. Reddish fall color on some leaves.
Great for dry sunny beds, rock gardens or crevice gardens. Does well in our dry raised bed (zone 6a, Bloomington, IN) and tolerates heat and humidity, but is not recommended south of zone 7. The best performance can be expected in somewhat cooler climates.
Blooming Time: May-June (in cooler regions will bloom a bit later - June/July)
Size: usually about 1' tall and wide (0.75-1.5’ tall and wide)
USDA Zones: 3 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, half-sun, average soil that drain well, to gravel, rocky or sandy soils (drained soils). Very drought tolerant.
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium
Origin: Europe, Siberia, China
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: we haven't observed, potentially some bees
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Plant combinations: Drier or dry beds, rock gardens, edges of sunny beds. Good companions include shorter Agastache, Asclepias tuberosa, dwarf Baptisia, Callirhoe, Coreopsis, Dalea, shorter cultivars of Echinacea, Eryngium, shorter Gaura, Gaillardia, Liatris, Monarda bradburiana, Penstemons, Phlox subulata, Verbena canadensis, prairie grasses like Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporolobus heterolepis, Stipa etc. Suitable non-native perennials can be Acanthus, Ashodelina, Campanula, Centaurea montana, Dictamnus, Eryngium, Knautia macedonica, Kniphophia, Iris x germanica, Iris tectorum, Lavandula, Stachys, Veronica spicata etc.
Pictures copyright : 1 - US Perennials, 2 - Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Commons Wikimedia