From late spring until autumn garden composition will look very advantageous if you plant Potentilla with a rich flavor, created red, orange, yellow, pink, white petals, contrasting well with green, grayish or silvery complex leaves. Flowers pyatilepestnye initially, approximately the same as the hips, but smaller (usually about 2.5 cm in diameter) and is typically collected in a loose paniculate inflorescences. Potentilla grown in rock gardens, curbs or among bushes.
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It is widely distributed in cold and temperate regions of the genus includes about 500 species - annual and perennial herbs, sometimes semi-shrubs and bushes. Annuals in floriculture unpopular. Bred mainly poluzimnezelenye (ie preserving shoots in mild winters) perennials and shrubs Potentila fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil, Kuril tea) with numerous varieties. All of the following cinquefoil cold-resistant and grow well in full sun.
Recommended species and varieties
P. alba (L. white)
In midsummer forms white flowers with a yellow eye. They climb on the stems up to 10 cm above the carpet of palmate leaves. Good ground cover perennial. The height and diameter of plants -10h15 cm.
Atrosanguinea (L. black and red)
This direct all summer perennial flowers groups forms a diameter of 4 cm. Color of the corolla varies from yellow to orange and dark red. The leaves are trifoliate, toothed, dark green with silvery hairs. The height and diameter of plants -45h60 cm.
Var. argyrophylla
In the silver varieties of yellow and orange flowers.
P. aurea (L. golden)
Summer - early autumn on the thick carpet of the five-palmate green, silky-shiny on the edge of the leaves bloom bright yellow flowers, often with a dark center. Undersized species, recommended for rock gardens. The height and diameter of the plant - 20x30 cm.
"Plena"
In the variety flowers are deep yellow, semi-double.
P. cinerea (syn. P. tommasiniana) (L. Ash, AL Tommasini)
In the late spring - early summer, just above the thick carpet formed palmate leaves with 3-5 narrow toothed gray-green leaves, bloom bright yellow flowers of this perennial with rooting stems. Recommended for solar sections of rock gardens. The height and diameter rasteniya- 10x40 cm.
P. crantrii (syn. P. villosa) (L. Krantz, LA hairy)
Bright yellow flowers with an orange eye bloom in summer on a low cushion of dark green trifoliate leaves and pyatipalchato. Stems creeping or ascending, with woody base. View recommended for rock gardens. In poor soil instances compact abundantly blooming, and on rich - powerful but forming mainly foliage in relatively small flowers. The height and diameter of the plant 20x40 cm.
P. cuneata (syn. P. ambigua) (L. wedge, LA deceptive)
Single bright yellow flowers bloom directly above the carpet of leaves. They are small, green, consisting of three oval or wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed leaves on top. Stems creeping, with woody base. View recommended for rock gardens. The height and diameter rasteniya- 10x20 cm.
P. eriocarpa (L. sherstistoplodnaya)
Bright yellow, mostly single flowers in late summer produce nice silky fruitlets. The leaves are small, emerald, three wedge leaves on reddish stalks. Type and form a thick carpet is recommended for al'pinariyev. The height and diameter of plants -10h40 cm.
P. fragiformis
This thick compact deciduous shrub summer, and often in the first half of autumn forms abundant yellow or white flowers with a diameter of 2-5 cm. small leaves, pinnate, green, blue-green, sometimes silvery. View and its many varieties are well suited to create borders on the sunny areas. Kuril tea naturally grows in Siberia and the Far East. Forms with white and yellow flowers are very hardy, while brick-red hybrids involving the Himalayan and southern European forms in central Russia in the winter some freeze. The height and diameter of the plants - 30-50h45 cm (5 years). Maximum dimensions vary. In dwarf varieties and spreading them reach 0,75h1 m, and in large -1,8h1,5 m.
"Abbotswood"
The variety is low, sprawling, temnolisty, dolgotsvetuschy with white corolla.
"Abbotswood Silver"
The variety has a white edge of the leaf, which, however, often regain the monochromatic green.
"Beesii" (syn. "Argentea Nana")
Dwarf variety with silver leaves and large bright yellow flowers.
"Daydown"
Low shrub with small leaves and creamy peach-pink corolla.
"Elizabeth" (syn. P. arbuscula) (L.derevtsevidnaya)
Sort forms spherical bush maximum dimensions 1h1,2 m large, densely-canary-yellow flowers.
"Goldfinger"
Dwarf plant with emerald leaves and large deep-yellow corolla. One of the most popular and trusted brands.
"Goldstar"
The variety differs from it by a vertical branches and green leaves.
"Hopley's Orange"
Compact small-leaved bush with orange flowers whose center is dark.
"Jackman's Variety"
Powerful erect plant with large pale yellow corolla.
"Katherine Dykes"
Flowers from varieties of small, lemon-yellow.
"Klondike"
Compact dwarf shrub with golden yellow corolla.
"Longacre Variety"
Low grade forms carpet with small leaves and bright pale yellow flowers.
"Maanelys" (also sells under the name "Moonlight")
In the variety corolla light yellow, paler below.
"Manchu" (syn. P. "Mandshurica")
Low spreading shrub with gray-green leaves and white flowers. They are quite small, but they are kept for a long time. Very winter hardy.
"Mount Everest"
Narrow yellowish-green leaves and white corolla. This sort of upright reaches a height of 1 m.
"Pretty Polly"
Low grade to pale pink flowers.
"Primrose Beauty"
Gray-green leaves and pale lemon yellow flowers on the low dipping arcuate shoots.
"Princess" (also sold as "Blink" and "Pink Panther")
The variety is low, sprawling, with a yellow center of a pale pink corolla. Pink color more evident with the onset of cold nights.
"Red Ace"
For varieties characterized by petals of bright crimson color on top and pale cream-colored bottom. In central Russia needs a preventive shelter for the winter. Red color manifests itself in cool weather.
"Royal Flush"
The variety is almost prostrate, with pink corolla. Sometimes more than five petals.
"Sunset"
In undersized varieties of flowers ranging from light to dark orange.
"Tangerine"
The flowers are large, pale copper-yellow.
"Tilford Cream"
Small sprawling shrub with large creamy-white flowers.
Var. veitchii
White flowers on the arcuate bent branches. The maximum height of this cinquefoil - 1 m.
"Vilmoriniana"
Tall erect shrub with silvery leaves and cream-colored corolla.
P. megalantha (syn. P. fragiformis) (L. grandiflora, L. zemlyanikovidnaya)
In summer, on the stems in height and 30 cm above the glossy green sheet comprised of three broad coarsely toothed leaves with very pronounced veins, densely blooming yellow flowers up to 4 cm across. This perennial is recommended for rock gardens. The height and diameter of the plant 30x60 cm.
P. nepalensis (L. Nepalese)
The most popular in the Russian winter-hardy species. Early summer forms a bright red or orange flowers. Leaves five-palmate leaves coarsely divergent. Good curb view. The height and diameter rasteniya- 45x60 cm.
"Miss Willmott"
Grade height of only 35 cm corolla pink with a darker center.
"Roxana"
The flowers are orange-red.
R. neumanniana "Nana" (syn. P. verna "Pygmaea") (L. Neumann, L. spring)
In the late spring - early summer, forms small dark-yellow flowers. The leaves are bright green, palmate, 5-7 sharp-toothed leaflets. Spreading woody stems with a base to form a carpet which looks good in dry rock garden and retaining walls with stone paving. The height and diameter of plants -10h30 cm.
P. nitida (L. brilliant)
In the second half of the summer forms almost sessile unusual light pink flowers with a dark center. They contrast well with small silvery leaves of the three wedge-shaped, toothed leaves on top. Groundcover species, recommended for rock gardens, alpine lodges and unheated greenhouses. Most abundant flowers to poor gravel soil. The height and diameter of plants -10h20 cm.
"Rubra"
In the variety flowers are dark-pink, more numerous than the original species.
P. recta (L. straight)
Forms loose clumps with thin stems, which are usually in need of support. The leaves are shiny green, with 5-7 palmate leaves, divergent. Yellow flowers bloom in mid-summer. The height and diameter of the plant - 60x30 cm.
Var. pallida (syn. var. sulphurea)
The species corolla pale yellow;
"Warrenii" (syn. "Macrantha")
In the variety rich yellow flowers. If the weather is not too dry and hot, these plants bloom all summer.
P. rupestris (L. rock)
Variety forms white flowers on vertical or spreading, slightly leafy stems that rise above the rosette of leaves pinnate 5-7 unequally oval or rounded leaves. Recommended for foreground mixborders. The height and diameter of the plant - 45h30 cm.
P. tommasiniana
In the second half of the summer in the form of spreading stems pale apricot-yellow flowers with crimson center. They are cleverly contrasted with dark green leaves, composed of 3-5 elongated toothed leaves. This bloodroot recommended for rock gardens. The height and diameter of plants -15h40 cm.
garden varieties
Some cultural Potentilla species unknown source. These perennials bloom all summer. They can be used to revive the color of borders, as well as a ground cover plants. Flowers to 4 cm in diameter assembled loose groups. The leaves of all these varieties of pale green. Plant height and diameter -45h60 cm.
"Flamenco"
In the variety scarlet petals with fringed edges.
"Gibson's Scarlet"
For varieties characterized by bright red petals.
"Gloire de Nancy"
Variety forms orange-brown with coral-red blush flowers.
cultivation
Plant in autumn or spring in any moderately fertile, well-drained soil.
Exceptions - P. crantzii, P. cuneata and P. nitida, which are well in bloom only on the poor gravelly soil. Bloodroot
All Potentilla like the sun, and all except the already mentioned species respond well to spring mulching with compost or other organic matter.
reproduction
Types - sowing seeds in spring in unheated greenhouse, transplant seedlings in open ground in the autumn. Herbaceous perennials -deleniem bush with seating delenok early spring every 3-4 years or less (if the plants abundantly mulch annually). Woody perennials with a base - dividing the bush or cuttings in late spring - summer. View P. fruticosa and its varieties - from cuttings in midsummer or layering.
pruning
In herbaceous species cut the flowering stems when beaters fade. P. fruticosa rarely needs pruning.
Pests and diseases
Usually ns affected
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