Potentilla Norvegica
Rough Cinquefoil
Potentilla, or Cinquefoil, flowers resemble small wild roses, in yellow, orange, pink or white which bring an abundance of colour to the garden from late Spring, through the Summer and into Autumn. The five petalled flowers are usually about 2.5cm across and carried in loose clusters, or individually. Rough Cinquefoil produces tight branched clusters of solitary yellow flowers from the upper leaf stalks. As it regenerates from seed, it usually takes hold along edgeways where seedlings are not crowded out by more vigorous perennial vegetation.
Contributed by @Cassiand
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Rough Cinquefoil
Latin name
Potentilla Norvegica
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
0.90 M
Potentilla Norvegica
Potentilla, or Cinquefoil, flowers resemble small wild roses, in yellow, orange, pink or white which bring an abundance of colour to the garden from late Spring, through the Summer and into Autumn. The five petalled flowers are usually about 2.5cm across and carried in loose clusters, or individually. Rough Cinquefoil produces tight branched clusters of solitary yellow flowers from the upper leaf stalks. As it regenerates from seed, it usually takes hold along edgeways where seedlings are not crowded out by more vigorous perennial vegetation.
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Mid Autumn
Potentilla flowers freely through the summer, often well into autumn. Cut back flower stems, except for P. fruticosa varieties, as flowers fade.
Planting
From Late Autumn TO Early Spring
Plant from autumn to spring in any moderately fertile and well-drained soil except P. crantzii, P. cuneata and P. nitida, which need a gritty, poor soil if they are to produce a good display of flowers. All potentillas prefer a sunny situation.