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Rosaceae
Golden cinquefoil
Potentilla aurea
Also known as Golden hardhack, Shrubby cinquefoil, Potentilla, Potentilla pseudofrigida
Native Plants · Potentilla · Cinquefoil · Alpine Plant · Rock Garden · Yellow Flowers · Rosaceae · European Perennial · Groundcover · Pollinator Friendly · Low Growing
Golden cinquefoil is a cheerful, low-growing alpine perennial that produces bright yellow flowers and thrives in sunny to partly shaded spots with well-drained soil. It is an excellent choice for rock gardens, alpine troughs, or the front of a border. Water regularly but avoid heavy clay soils that stay wet, as good drainage is key to its health.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but well-drained · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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