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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 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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