Horticulture 221
Identification Characteristics - Shrub List #4
J. E. Klett

ROSACEAE

Potentilla fruticosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil

Leaves - Alternate, compound, pinnate, 3 to 7 leaflets, usually 5, sessile, elliptic to linear-oblong, acute,
             2/5 to 1 inch long, more or less silky.

Flowers - Bright yellow about one inch in diameter, July to frost in clusters or single.

Growth Habit - Small shrub with upright spreading, rounded growth habit.

Fruit - Achene not very showy but persisting through the winter.

      
                 HABIT                                                                      FLOWER                                                                                       FRUIT
Potentilla fruticosa 'Gold Drop' - Gold Drop Cinquefoil
      
             MATURE HABIT                                                             YOUNG HABIT                                                                                FLOWER


Potentilla fruticosa 'Jackmanii' - Jackman Cinquefoil

   
                HABIT                                                                                        FLOWER
Potentilla fruticosa 'Tangerine' - Tangerine Cinquefoil
                       FLOWER
Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Ace' - Red Ace Cinquefoil
   
                 HABIT                                                                                      FLOWER
Potentilla fruticosa 'Coronation Triumph' - Coronation Triumph Cinquefoil
   
                 HABIT                                                                                        FLOWER
Potentilla fruticosa 'Primrose Beauty' - Primrose Beauty Cinquefoil
   
                         HABIT                                                                                                            FLOWER