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Growing Guide

Hardiness:
Sunset zones:
4-17.
USDA zones:
4-8.

Mature size:
Height:
6 - 18 inches (15 - 45 cm).

Flowering period:
Summer into early fall.

Flowering attributes:
Semi-double to double yellow buttercup-like flowers.

Leaf attributes:
Deciduous, pinnate to trifoliate, green leaves.

Light:
Full sun (tolerates shade).

Soil:
Moist, well-drained soil.

Propagation Methods:
Softwood cuttings in early summer.

Pruning Methods:
Prune in late autumn to mid-winter.

Potentilla fruticosa 'Mount Townsend'

double flower

SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL
Family: Rosaceae
Pronounced: poe-ten-TIL-ah froo-tih-KOE-sah Origins: Olympic Mountains, Washington State

Potentilla fruticosa 'Mount Townsend' is a little shrub discovered in 1994, growing on the side of Mt. Townsend in the Olympic Mountains of Washington state.

In the Garden

It grows very slowly and I have yet to see a need to prune mine after growing it for seven years. I grow only one specimen, but I believe this plant would look better in a grouping or as an edging plant. One lone specimen gets lost in my garden. The semi-double to double, buttercup-yellow flowers are the reason I grow this small native shrub.

Images photographed at the Old Goat Farm in Orting, Washington.
All photos and article copyright 2009.
Debbie Teashon

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