Potentilla fruiticosa Cream’Issima, 3L
An easy plant to grow, Potentilla Cream’Issima is much loved for its pretty, creamy yellow, buttercup shaped flowers which smother the shrub from May until November. Belonging to the Rosaceae family, the resemblance to a wild rose is assured and its leaves are pinnate, light green, maturing to yellow in autumn.
Dimensions
- 3L
- Height: 50cm (1ft 7in) x 100cm (3ft 3in) in 5-10 years
Features
An easy plant to grow, Potentilla Cream’Issima is much loved for its pretty, creamy yellow, buttercup shaped flowers which smother the shrub from May until November. Belonging to the Rosaceae family, the resemblance to a wild rose is assured and its leaves are pinnate, light green, maturing to yellow in autumn.
Also known as a shrubby cinquefoil, this low and dense shrub makes an attractive, informal hedge.
- Flowers: May - November
- Hardy
- Moist, well-drained soil
- Full sun or partial sunlight
- All aspects
- Water well until established
- Prune to retain shape in autumn but straggly shoots can be trimmed in summer
- Flowers best in full sun