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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Dakota Sunspot®
Cultivar name: 'Fargo'
Common names
  • Shrubby Cinquefoil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dasiphora fruticosa
  • Synonym: Potentilla fruticosa

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Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2014-07-23
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2014-07-23
This plant is about half it's normal size in this picture.  It wi
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2014-07-23
Comments:
  • Posted by blue23rose (southern Indiana - Zone 6b) on Aug 28, 2014 10:24 AM concerning plant:
    What I love most about this plant is that it will begin blooming in late May and doesn't wind down until late August in my zone 6b garden. Drought tolerant and very hardy to zone 2, it has been through some rough seasons here. I have not had any disease or bug issues with it.

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