Potentilla x russelleana

Russell's hybrid cinquefoil

Height × spread: 0.6m × 0.3m
Position: Full sun
Hardiness: Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
Flowers: Summer

Availability

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About this plant

This attractive herbaceous plant has strong green strawberry-like foliage with jagged teethed leaves that are silvery when they first unfurl. The flower stalk rises, long and gangly, up to 60cm (2ft) with little rich, dark red round flowers that make brilliant spots of colour. The plant prefers a sunny position and is best grown in clumps at the front of the border.

Flower colour: Red
Foliage colour: Green
Variegated: No
Scent: No
Shape: Dome
Height: 0.6m
Spread: 0.3m
Season of interest: Summer
Flowers in: Summer
Evergreen: Evergreen
Garden style: Seaside garden, Cottage garden

Found in

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