This Shrubby Cinquefoil is a nice plant for cottage or alpine gardens, even small ones. Potentilla fruticosa 'Limelight' is a hardy deciduous shrub with pretty white flowers, with yellow centres, and remains in bloom from May, all the way thorough to September. It is easy to grow and is low maintenance, but is best planted in a full sun position. The RHS have awarded this plant its Award of Garden Merit. Height: 1m (39). Spread: 1.5m (59).
Shrubby Cinquefoils are native to the Northern Hemisphere, often found at high altitude and sub-arctic regions. This makes them ideal for alpine gardens and rockeries. Potentilla fruticosa 'Mango Tango' is a variety with delicate yellow-orange flowers, that have a long flowering season, from May until September. A low maintenance and easy to grow hardy shrub, that is best planted in a sunny position. It has good drought tolerance, so does not need much water. Height and spread: 60cm (24).
A compact, hardy shrub with good drought tolerance, Potentilla fruticosa 'White Lady' is ideal for borders in smaller gardens, or an alpine rockery. This variety of Shrubby Cinquefoil, which are native to sub arctic and mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere, has pure white flowers, that fill the bush from May to September. It is a wildlife friendly plant and attracts bees and butterflies to the garden. Low maintenance and with good drought tolerance, its a great choice for those without much time for gardening. Height and spread: 1m (39).
Perfect for winter colour, Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn' produces a profusion of beautiful pink, perfumed flowers on woody stems in the middle of winter.
With a mass of pretty pale pink flowers from May right through to September, Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty' is a treasure for the cottage garden border. It loves a hot sunny position, is easy to grow and tolerates drought. This deciduous Shrubby Cinquefoil can be grown as a low hedge or grown in a container on the patio or even in a roof garden. Height and spread: 1m (39).
In the early summer months, the striking lavender-blue double blooms rise above the delicate foliage.
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Highly fragrant flowers are borne on rising stems on these bushy, compact plants, in a wide range of pretty colours. Ideal in borders, bedding and containers. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 25cm (10)
A strong growing hardy perennial with evergreen foliage that is a bronze/green colour, Epimedium ?Frohnleiten is perennial that?s perfect for spring! These unusual leaves create the perfect backdrop for the sprays of bright yellow flowers which appear on long, slender stems, each bloom with back swept petals to give them an unusual shape.