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Potentilla neumanniana |
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| | Evergreen - good for a little winter color, even if they're not as bright as in spring |
| Synonym(s) |
Potentilla verna |
| Common name |
spring cinquefoil |
| Family |
rosaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (April-May) |
| Size |
3" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Small enough to be tucked between stones in a pathway, this is a charming little groundcover, with fresh green foliage most of the year and dainty little yellow flowers that appear for us in mid-April. We got our first at the HPS/MAG spring plant sale in 2003 as P. verna 'Nana'. Then, not realizing they were the same thing, I ordered three P. neumanniana from Bluestone while catalog-shopping in the winter of 2004. But they are sweet little plants, so I don't mind having several.
They make a good groundcover - but surprisingly, they don't take well to transplanting: they grow from strong central roots, and will often sulk or partially die back when divided. Once established, they're tough as nails.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: patio area, front perennial border, sale plot One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Kendall Henry | Nov 15, 2005 | I don't find the Verna Nana Potentilla sweet at all. Very aggressive to the point that I was thinking they might be Creeping Buttercup. Do the Potentillas use overground runners to to produce roots at the nodes? Please let me know if I have the correct plant. Thank you.
For me this plant doesn't do much spreading - but perhaps given the right conditions it goes wild. |
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May 07, 2008
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