Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla

Silver-leaved potentilla

Also known as Potentilla leucochroa, Potentilla atrosanguinea var. leucocroa

Height × spread: 0.2m × 0.6m
Position: Full sun
Hardiness: Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
Flowers: Summer

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About this plant

A pretty low-growing and gently spreading plant with three-part silvery green leaves that are very similar, though on a smaller scale, to those of the strawberry. The leaves have impressed veins and crisped edges as though pinking-shears have been used. In summer upright stems carry bright golden-yellow flowers, looking rather like small buttercups with attitude. It has an attractive, quite 'busy' aspect and is good at the border front or on a raised bed. The great plantsman, Graham Stuart Thomas recommended growing these with the innocent blue flowers of flax (Linum narbonense).

Flower colour: Orange, Yellow
Foliage colour: Green, Silver
Variegated: No
Scent: No
Shape: Dome
Height: 0.2m
Spread: 0.6m
Season of interest: Spring, Summer
Flowers in: Summer
Evergreen: Deciduous
Garden style: Seaside garden, Cottage garden

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