Shrub cinquefoil(Potentilla fruticosa) is a tolerant and easy-to-grow deciduous shrub, and its long flowering period provides great color effects. Numerous interestingvarieties of shrub cinquefoilallow you to create an interesting arrangement in the garden. See whatgrowing a shrubby cinquefoilin the garden, how to makecutting cinquefoilso that it blooms profusely and retains an attractive habit, and learn how topropagation of shrub cinquefoilin amateur cultivation conditions!
Shrub cinquefoil - Potentilla fruticosa
Shrub cinquefoil - varieties
Cinquefoil are compact, bushy plants with a low and outspread habit. They grow up to 1 m high and about 1.5 m wide. In mostgarden varieties of shrubby cinquefoildevelop silver-green leaves, set on woody shoots with age. From late summer to mid-autumn, the bushes develop small flowers, the color of which may vary depending on the variety. You can meetflowering cinquefoil in colorswhite, yellow, up to shades of pink, orange to red.
Here is10 most interesting varieties of shrub cinquefoilwhich I recommend for home and allotment gardens:
1.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Abbotswood'- a dense upright variety of shrubby cinquefoil growing up to 1 m in height. White flowers, long lasting on the bush, look best in full sun.
2.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Annette'- grows up to 50 cm high and 80 cm wide. It blooms rusty orange in color from June to October.
3.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Blink'- low, dense, overlapping shrub, 80 cm high and 1.2 m wide. The flowers of this variety of shrub cinquefoil are light pink with a yellow center.
4.Shrub cinquefoil 'Daydawn'- upright shrub, 1 meter high, with dark green leaves and salmon flowers appearing from June to October.
5.Bush cinquefoil 'Goldstar'- short, upright, densely bushy, 1 m tall variety of shrubby cinquefoil with yellow, very large flowers reaching up to 5 cm in diameter.
6.Bush cinquefoil 'Goldteppich'- a valuable variety of shrubby cinquefoil early and long flowering, not susceptible to mildew. It grows up to 50 cm in height with strong shoots overlapping. It blooms very bright yellow.
7.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Marrob'- shrub with overlapping shoots, 50 cm high and 1 m wide. Intensive red flowers. Likes permeable soils, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline.
8.Bushy cinquefoil 'Pink Beauty'- a dense shrub with overlapping shoots. Up to 50 cm high and 80 cm wide. It blooms in an unusual pink color with very large flowers, up to 5 cm in diameter.
Bush cinquefoil 'Red Ace'
9.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Red Ace'- dense, with overlapping shoots, up to 0.5 m high, red and then orange in spring flowers, up to 4.5 cm in diameter, color best in the stands cooler and wetter.
10.Shrubby cinquefoil 'Tilford Cream'- shrub with a typical cinquefoil habit and creamy white flowers, blooms for a long time from May to October.
Bush cinquefoil - cultivation
The shrubby cinquefoil is not demandingand it is perfect as a ground cover plant. It also looks good in flower beds and in rock gardens.
Cultivation of shrub cinquefoilis best done in light, sandy, moderately moist soils, in sunny positions. However, you should remember to water the cinquefoil regularly, because it is sensitive to long-term drying of the soil and excessive heat. At the beginning of the growing season, it is worth applying a multi-component fertilizer intended for flowering plants.Shrubby cinquefoilare not attacked by pests or diseases, their roots may rot in heavy, flooded soils.
shrubby cinquefoil - cutting
Cinquefoil becomes lignified with age and a bit overloaded with a large number of thin, weak and stretched shoots, which flower less and less.To avoid such a situation, you should take care ofregular cutting of the shrub cinquefoilTherefore, immediately after the flowers of the cinquefoil have faded, cut the ends of the shoots with a pruner. Also prune shoots that are excessively bulky and bare at the bottom of leaves.
Cutting the shrubby cinquefoilis to stimulate the flowering of the bush and encourage it to spread. The first cut should be made after planting. Then we also trim all weak and damaged growths. Cut the remaining shoots in half to stimulate the development of new shoots that develop from the base of the plant.
The main pruning of the shrubby cinquefoilis to remove the flower debris and keep the plant habit compact. Cutting should encourage the plants to develop many new shoots so that they will not be bare at the base with age. In mid-spring, all long, bulging shoots should be trimmed. Older shoots and excessively thickened growths should be trimmed by 1/3.
Bush cinquefoil - reproduction
The reproduction of the shrub cinquefoilis easy and is almost always successful. This shrub is propagated by semi-woody cuttings taken in summer. Cut cuttings 8-10 cm long with a heel or a piece of 2-year-old wood from semi-woody side shoots of the cinquefoil. Then the seedling is planted in a mixture of peat and sand in a ratio of 1: 1.
It happens thatcuttings of shrub cinquefoilgrow even before rooting. The frame should be shaded, aired and the temperature should be slowly lowered to winter the seedlings in the temperature of 5-10 ° C. The shoots of the shrubby cinquefoil can be additionally dipped in a rooting plant (rooting for semi-woody cuttings will be suitable) and planted in the ground, covering them with perforated foil. In spring, the seedlings are transplanted to the seedbed, regularly watered and grown for a year. We plant a bush cinquefoil in autumn.
MSc Eng. Joanna Białowąs
