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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Division
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Shrubby Cinquefoil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dasiphora fruticosa
  • Synonym: Potentilla fruticosa

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Location: Rhode Island, US
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA
Date: 2016-06-15
a few plants together in a border in bloom
Location: Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA
Date: 2016-06-15
white flowers and foliage
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA
Date: 2016-06-15
a few plants together in bloom
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-07-20
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 20, 2018 4:21 PM concerning plant:
    'Abbottswood' has been the most popular white flowering cultivar of Shrub Cinquefoil in the Midwest & East US for several decades. It has larger flowers and darker bluish-green foliage, and stays about 3 feet high and not much wider.
  • Posted by mcash70 (Near Kamloops, BC, Canada - Zone 3a) on Jan 24, 2012 1:42 PM concerning plant:
    'Abbottswood' Potentilla is an excellent dense spreading shrub with large pure white flowers. Blooms from spring until fall. Plant as a shrub border, low hedge, or mass planting. Water regularly as needed. Feed in spring with an all-purpose fertilizer prior to new spring growth. Little pruning is necessary. Prune broken or damaged limbs.
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