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Rosaceae
English cinquefoil
Potentilla anglica
Also known as Creeping cinquefoil, Five-finger, Common cinquefoil, Tormentilla erecta var. procumbens
Native Plants · Cinquefoil · Potentilla · Rosaceae · Perennial · Wildflower · Pollinator · Cottage Garden · Ground Cover · European Native · Border Plant
English cinquefoil is a hardy perennial that adapts well to a range of light conditions from full sun to partial shade. Keep the soil consistently moist with regular watering every 7-10 days, especially during dry spells. It is ideal for cottage gardens, borders, and naturalized areas where it attracts bees and butterflies.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil moist; avoid prolonged dry periods · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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