Potentilla fruticosa / Cinquefoils

Origin: Europe, Northern Asia, North America.

Botanical characteristics: It is a deciduous small fast growing bushy and compact shrub. It has yellow abundant bloomings from May to September. Flowers are open, large, with 5 petals, until 4 cm wide. Leaves are pinnate and composed of 5-7 oblong dark green leaflets.

Agronomic and environmental characteristics:It grows well in any soil if well drained, in sunny position. It tolerates drought and has an high resistance to urban pollution.

Use: In parks and gardens and urban green spaces as an ornamental plant to be used alone or in groups, in flowerbeds, for borders, mixed hedges, low hedges.