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Potentilla palustris in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Potentilla palustris

 

Potentilla palustris

Potentilla Palustris is a marsh, or pond marginal plant toothed, lobed leaves, and dark red star-shaped flowers.Plant Potentilla palustris (Marsh Cinquefoil) in wet mud in a stream or pond edge, or in a . It is raft-forming plant, and will raft over the surface of a pond. It is attractive to butterflies, bees, and hoverflies.

 
plant Features
  • Potentilla palustris likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Potentilla palustris likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Potentilla palustris is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Potentilla palustris likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Potentilla palustris

Latin name

Potentilla palustris

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Potentilla palustris likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Potentilla palustris is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Potentilla palustris likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Potentilla palustris likes occasional watering

    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

The size of a fully grown Potentilla palustris is 0.25meters x 0.15meters 0.25 M 0.15 M

Potentilla palustris

Potentilla Palustris is a marsh, or pond marginal plant toothed, lobed leaves, and dark red star-shaped flowers.Plant Potentilla palustris (Marsh Cinquefoil) in wet mud in a stream or pond edge, or in a . It is raft-forming plant, and will raft over the surface of a pond. It is attractive to butterflies, bees, and hoverflies.


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.

 
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