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Rosaceae
Strawberryleaf cinquefoil
Potentilla sterilis
Also known as Comarum fragarioides, Potentilla sterilis var. permixta, Fraga sterilis, Potentilla sicca
Native Plants · Cinquefoil · Groundcover · Shade · Woodland · Rock Garden · Wildflower · Native · Low-Growing · Rosaceae · White Flowers
Strawberryleaf cinquefoil is a delicate, low-growing perennial well suited to shaded rock gardens and woodland edges. It prefers cool, humus-rich soil with reliable moisture and requires minimal care once established. Its small white flowers attract early pollinators and its strawberry-like foliage provides year-round textural interest.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly, keeping soil slightly moist but never saturated · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-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, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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