Light Needs
Mature Height
Mature Spread
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Primrose Beauty Potentilla is a real hardworking beauty in the dry and sunny garden. Bright, single petaled, yellow flowers bloom throughout the summer in contrast to the fine, gray-green leaves. Potentilla is a great filler for those spots that nothing else seems to grow well. Planted as a foundation plant or to spill over a wall, Primrose Beauty Potentilla will give a full three seasons of interest.
Primrose Beauty can be used at the front of the garden bed, in the middle or on its own to slow erosion on a slope. The small, ferny leaves are impervious to urban pollution, deer resistant, salt and wind tolerant and will bloom happily in even the poorest soil. This hard worker is even a great attractor of butterflies and bees. The ferny foliage and large papery blooms are shown off greatly when planted in a dry, rock garden.
Primrose Beauty Potentilla Care
Potentilla Primrose Beauty Is the lowest maintenance shrub you will ever find. The soil requirements are almost nothing. Any soil works as long as there is good drainage. Fertilizer is rarely needed. Bushy Cinquefoil is hardy all of the way down to hardiness zone 2a, so it can truly be used just about anywhere.
Pruning is rarely needed. The loose bushy shape is much more desirable than a tight, clipped appearance. When left to spread, Potentilla will fill in areas at a moderate and steady rate. Disease resistance is high for Cinquefoil. The only enemy is overly wet soil. This can cause root rots and a quick death of the Potentilla.
Primrose Beauty Potentilla Spacing
This long lived shrub is best planted in groups or as a border plant. Spacing each shrub 4 feet on center will ensure that Potentilla has the room to spread out its branches to the fullest.
Primrose Beauty Potentilla Plant Facts
Growing Conditions
- Hardiness ZonesGrowing Zones
- USDA Zones 3 to 8 (perennial); grown as an annual elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown indoors elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown in containers elsewhere (grown as a seasonal crop)
- Sun Exposure
- Part Sun to Full Sun (5+ Hours Direct Sun)
- Mature Height
- 3-4 Feet
- Mature Spread
- 4-5 Feet
- Growth Habit
- , Mounded
- Water Needs
- Average
Flowers & Foliage
- Flower Colors
- , White, Yellow
- Flower Description
- White, Yellow
- Bloom Time
- Late Spring to Frost
- Blooms On
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New Wood
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"Blooms on" tells you which stems produce flowers, which decides when it's safe to prune.
- New Wood: Flowers form on stems that grow this season. Prune in late winter or early spring without losing blooms.
- Old Wood: Flower buds form on last year's stems. Prune right after flowering. Pruning in fall or early spring removes next year's blooms.
- Both New and Old Wood: Blooms on last year's stems and again on new growth, so it flowers even after a hard winter or a mistimed pruning. Prune lightly after the first flush of blooms.
- When to Prune
- Late winter to early spring, before new growth starts
- Foliage Color
- , Green, Silver
- Foliage Description
- Green, Silver
- Foliage Type
- , Deciduous
- Seasonal Interest
- , Summer Flowering
Garden Benefits
Plant Overview
- Common Name
- Primrose Beauty Potentilla
- Botanical Name
- POTENTILLA FR. 'PRIMROSE BEAUTY'
- Plant Type
- Shrub
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Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
Also Known As:
Quart
Plant Age:
~ 6 months - 1 year
Plant Size:
~ 4"-8"
Pot Size:
~ 4.75"H x 4.5"W
Volume:
1.50 quarts
Also Known As:
2.5 Quart Pot
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 8"-12"
Pot Size:
~ 6.5"H x 6.5"W
Volume:
2.20-2.30 quarts
Also Known As:
#1 Container
1 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 10"-14"
Pot Size:
~ 7"H x 7.75"W
Volume:
2.26-3.73 quarts
Also Known As:
#2 Container
2 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1.5 - 3 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-18"
Pot Size:
~ 9.5"H x 9.5"W
Volume:
1.19-1.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#3 Container
3 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 2 - 4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-30"
Pot Size:
~9.5"H x 11"W
Volume:
2.32-2.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#5 Container
5 Gallon
Plant Age:
~3-4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 20" - 60"
Pot Size:
~11" H x 10 1/2” W
Volume:
3.5 - 4 gallons
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