General Plant Information (Edit)
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
Plant Height: 30 inches
Plant Spread: 3'
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Red Robin™
Cultivar name: 'Marob'
Common names
  • Shrubby Cinquefoil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dasiphora fruticosa
  • Synonym: Potentilla fruticosa

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Location: My garden
Date: 2011-07-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-10-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-08-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-08-23
Comments:
  • Posted by mcash70 (Near Kamloops, BC, Canada - Zone 3a) on Dec 8, 2011 3:06 PM concerning plant:
    A low growing mound shaped shrub with distinctive red flowers fading to an orange color for summer and intensifies to red again in fall. Attractive grey-green foliage all season. Great contrast for the border, foundation or mass planting.

    Little pruning is needed but can be cut back to ground level every few years to rejuvenate vigorous new growth and better flower production. Prune broken or damaged limbs.

    This shrub does well in my zone 3a garden.

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