Potentilla: varieties, planting and plant care. Modest and strong cinquefoil - the pride of the garden

illumination

direct sunlight, partial shade

reproduction

cuttings, seeds, division, layering

Landing time

Spring Summer Autumn

Genus Bloodroot(Potentilla) Rosaceae family has about 300 species - annuals, biennials and perennials, less often shrubs and shrubs. They are common in the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Some cinquefoils have medicinal properties, it is no coincidence that the genus got its name from Latin word"potens" - power, strength. The underground part of the cinquefoils -. The aerial part is formed by erect, ascending or decumbent creeping stems, covered with alternate leaves, palmately dissected into three lobes, similar to, sometimes with a large number lobes (5-7), which are often pubescent with silvery hairs. Less common are species with pinnate dissection of the leaf blade. Single or collected in paniculate or flowers usually do not exceed 2 cm in diameter, the corolla is formed by 4-5 petals. Forms and varieties have large flowers, often terry. The color of the corolla is varied - white, yellow, pink, raspberry, purple. Flowering is plentiful and long from mid-June to cold weather. The fruit is a polynut.

Potentilla planting

Potentillas are photophilous, some species open their flowers only on sunny days. Plants that prefer partial shade are much less common. (White bloodroot) . Potentillas do not impose special requirements on soil conditions, but grow better on well-drained, water-intensive, fertile calcareous soils (especially important for Potentilla Apennine and cinquefoil brilliant ) or light and medium. Only a few types (for example, Potentilla arctic ) prefer .

Potentilla cultivation

Care consists in timely, 2-3 times complex feeding (in May, July and August - early September) and plant mulching with sawdust. In the spring, Potentilla bushes mulch abundantly - with a layer 1-2 cm thick, and slightly during the summer, 2-3 times per season. Potentilla is drought-resistant, but responsive to watering. The lack of moisture during flowering negatively affects the quantity and quality of flowers. Potentilla goose sometimes becomes , needs to be limited. Potentilla deceptive can also actively spread its thin shoots, penetrating into the curtains of other plants.

Potentilla bushes are prone to falling apart, but this does not worsen them. appearance. In order for flowering to be long and plentiful, it is recommended to cut the fading inflorescences. As a result, the height of the plant is reduced by 1/3-1/2, this should be taken into account when planting in a flower garden. In autumn, old and elongated stems are cut off. Potentilla grows rapidly, so every 3-4 years it is advisable to divide the bush in spring (April - May) or autumn (end of August - September). Potentillas are winter-hardy in middle lane Russia.

The use of cinquefoil

Potentillas are stably ornamental plants. Abundant and long flowering allows you to use them in flower groups, . Undersized cushion species (Potentilla Apeninskaya, Potentilla arctic, Potentilla snow-white) look great in the sun. Potentilla Tonga good in quality. Natural species go well with and, hybrid forms and varieties - with,. Potentilla goose can be an alternative. Some types of cinquefoil are used in medicine. For example, the root has healing properties galangal , or cinquefoil straight . For medicinal purposes, and are used.

Potentilla reproduction

Potentilla is propagated both by seeds and vegetatively - by dividing the bush in spring (April - May) or autumn (end of August - September), layering and cuttings (in July - August).

The dug out rhizome is washed and cut with a sharp knife or into pieces so that each division has 2-3 buds. Pieces of the root are treated with a root stimulant (for example, Kornevin), and planted in the ground without deepening the kidneys. Planting distance - 20-40 cm, depending on the size of an adult plant.

The ends of the shoots 8-10 cm long with the removed flowers are harvested on the cuttings. They are rooted in wet perlite for 1-1.5 months. It is advisable for young plants to spend the first winter in a frost-free room or under shelter from spruce branches or leaves, since they often do not have time to take root before the onset of cold weather.

Seeds are sown in autumn or spring until mid-June. not required, but stimulates the appearance of friendly shoots. Optimum temperature seed germination +18...+22°С. Flowering begins from the second - third year of life.

Diseases and pests of Potentilla

Potentilla rarely suffers, but in adverse conditions, wet cool summer plants can be damaged by fungal diseases:,. Fungicides are effective against them. Of the pests, scoops are the most common. Insecticides are used to control them. (Fufanon, Fitoverm, Decis Profi).

Types of herbaceous cinquefoil

Potentilla Altai (Potentilla altaica)- at the base of thin straight stems 10-35 cm tall there is a rosette of palmately dissected into three, less often four or five lobes of leaves. They are slightly pubescent above and white-tomentose below, the petioles are also pubescent. Leaflets up to 2.5 cm long and 1.2 cm wide, with a crenate or serrated edge. Bright yellow flowers up to 1.5 cm in diameter are collected 3-5 in a brush at the ends of the stems. The flower calyx is pubescent.

Potentilla Apennine (Potentilla apennina)- stems up to 15 cm tall rise above a rosette of trifoliate, silvery leaves from pubescence. At their ends in August - September, white or pink flowers up to 1.5 cm in diameter open.

Potentilla arctic (Potentilla hyparctica)- the aerial part of the plant is a dense cushion bush up to 15-18 cm tall. In May - June it is covered with bright yellow flowers 1-1.5 cm in diameter. Dark green with a whitish edge or tips of the lobes, the leaves, stems, and also the calyx are pubescent. It has an even more compact subspecies (up to 10-12 cm tall).

White bloodroot (Potentilla alba)- and a basal rosette of palmately dissected into five lobes of leaves with brown lanceolate stipules. Peduncles reach 25 cm in height. White flowers up to 3 cm in diameter are collected 2-5 in a loose racemose or umbellate inflorescence. Stem leaves are usually absent. The underside of the leaf, its edge, as well as the stem and calyx are covered with light silky hairs.

white cinquefoil, or Mishkin (Potentilla nivea, Potentilla mischkinii)- the plant forms a loose bush from a basal rosette of trifoliate leaves densely pubescent from below and long (up to 30 cm) stems. They bear loose racemose inflorescences of yellow flowers up to 2 cm in diameter. Leaf lobes up to 3 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, with a serrated edge.

Cinquefoil astemless (Potentilla acaulis)- a white-felt plant that forms a mat up to 6 cm tall of trifoliate leaves with obovate lobes with a serrated edge at the top of the lobe. The flowers are bright yellow, up to 1.7 cm in diameter, collected 1-4 in loose racemose inflorescences.

Potentilla deceptive (Potentilla ambigua)- creeping, woody stems at the base reach 8-10 cm in height. In June-August, racemose inflorescences of 3-5 yellow flowers about 1 cm in diameter appear at their ends.

Potentilla brilliant (Potentilla nitida)- forms a silvery rug up to 5-7 cm in height from trifoliate rosette leaves, decorated from July to August pink flowers up to 2.5 cm in diameter of different color intensity. Leaflets up to 1 cm long, obovate, with several teeth in the upper part.

Potentilla tridentata (Potentilla tridentata)- forms a mat of wintering leaves, consisting of three palmate lobes, dark green in summer and partly yellow-orange in autumn, with distinct denticles in the upper part. Stems woody at the base reach 30 cm in height and carry inflorescences of numerous white flowers up to 8 mm in diameter.

Potentilla hybrid (Potentilla x hybrida)- represents a basal rosette of trifoliate, less often divided into five lobes, leaves with oval leaflets with a serrated edge, pubescent below. The stem up to 90 cm tall is covered with trifoliate sessile leaves and in June-August is crowned with loose corymbose inflorescences of large, up to 4 cm in diameter, flowers, yellow, pink, red or purple. Varieties vary in height of the bush, color and size of the flower, the degree of its doubleness.

Potentilla silver leaf (Potentilla argyrophylla)- thin straight or decumbent stems up to 30 cm tall end in loose yellow inflorescences with an orange spot at the center of the flowers. The stems and underside of the leaf are silvery with pubescence. The cultivars are classified as Potentilla hybrid.

Potentilla tansy (Potentilla tanacetifolia)- differs in pinnate dissection of leaves, pubescent from below and consisting of 3-6 pairs of oval leaflets up to 4 cm long and 1.5 cm wide with a serrated edge. erect stems from 10 to 50 cm tall, calyx and top part stems are equipped with glands. Yellow flowers up to 18 mm in diameter are collected in a lush corymbose inflorescence.

Potentilla straight , or galangal (Potentilla erecta)- the underground part is represented by a tuberous thickened rhizome, the aerial part is formed by a rosette of trifoliate petiolate leaves, wintering and dying off by the time of flowering (June-July), and a straight stem up to 20 cm tall, branching in the upper part. Numerous stem leaves with large stipules are sessile. Bright yellow medium-sized, up to 1 cm in diameter, flowers, solitary at the ends of the stems, live only 1-2 days.

PotentillaTonga (Potentilla x tongue)- has a unique flower color - orange-yellow with a juicy red center. Dark green leaves, palmately dissected into 3-5 lobes, form a rosette, from the center of which numerous thin decumbent stems up to 50 cm long appear, bearing loose inflorescences.

Potentilla dark blood red (Potentilla atrosanguinea)- pubescent stems up to 60 cm tall are covered with trifoliate leaves, light green above and whitish from pubescence below, petiolate in the lower part of the stem, sessile in the upper. Paniculate or corymbose inflorescences of large scarlet flowers up to 5 cm in diameter decorate the plant from June for two months. Varieties vary in the degree of saturation of the color of the flower.

Potentilla goose , or goose foot (Potentilla anserina)- the basal rosette is formed by unpaired-pinnate leaves up to 20 cm long, numerous leaves are silky pubescent below. The stems are leafless, bear single yellow flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, opening from May to August.

Potentilla two-flowered (Potentilla biflora)- cushion-shaped shrub up to 8 cm in height and 30 cm in width. Numerous stems woody at the base are covered with numerous silky pubescent leaves, palmately dissected into narrow lobes up to 12 mm long. Flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, single or paired, yellow, adorn the plant in July-August.

Potentilla golden (Potentilla aurea) forms a sprawling bush up to 10-20 cm tall and up to 30 cm in diameter. The leaves are palmate, with leaflets pubescent below and a serrated edge. Flowers up to 2.5 cm in diameter are bright yellow, often with an orange center, collected in a few loose inflorescences that appear from July to September.

Potentilla hairy (Potentilla villosa)- densely pubescent plant with decumbent stems up to 25-30 cm tall. Trifoliate leaves consist of leaflets up to 4 cm long, rounded with a serrated edge, white-tomentose below. Yellow flowers up to 2-2.5 cm in diameter are collected 1-5 at the ends of the stems, decorate the plant in June-July.

Potentilla Nepalese (Potentilla nepalensis)- straight branching purple-colored stems up to 50-60 cm tall in July-August end in paniculate pink inflorescences with dark veins on flower petals up to 3 cm in diameter. The leaves forming a basal rosette are large dark green palmate, reaching 30 cm in diameter. Stem leaves trifoliate, about 8 cm long. Varieties differ in the color of the flower - the presence of an eye, dark veins or, on the contrary, monophonic petals, as well as the height of the bush.

Top dressing with complex mineral fertilizer in May, July and August - early September and mulching of plants with neutral peat, sawdust. Potentilla is drought-resistant, but responsive to watering.

This plant is also called the five-leaf spring, due to the special shape of the leaf. In Siberia, Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands, tea is brewed from dried flowers and leaves, so shrub cinquefoil has another name - Kuril tea. The leaves of the shrub are covered with silky hairs and seem to be slightly silvered.

Five leaf flowers lemon color, solitary or in small racemes. Their size is about 3 cm. Flowering takes place from late June to early September. Numerous fruits look like dry nuts.

Having landed a few different varieties with a variety of flowers, flowering periods and bush sizes, you can get interesting compositions.

Kuril tea is propagated by seeds and vegetatively - by dividing the bush or cuttings. Seeds are sown without pre-training in greenhouses. But it is possible to plant them in the ground only in the 3-4th year of development. More simple and fast way- cuttings.

Pyatilistochnik - unpretentious plant and care for him when growing is not difficult. For landing, an open and fairly sunny place is chosen.

Potentilla tolerates winter well, only when severe frosts she freezes the tips of the shoots. Cut them off in the spring. This does not affect the number of flowers, as they bloom on new shoots.

Most cultivars do not require regular pruning. The natural shape of the shrub is compact and neat. Only for rejuvenation, clumsy and old branches are cut out every few years.

If desired, various shrubs can be formed from cinquefoil geometric figures and also used as a hedge. Although such decorative element it turns out not very high, but it will have dense shoots and beautiful view all summer.

The leaves and flowers of Kuril tea contain a large amount of ascorbic acid, carotene, organic acids and other useful substances.

Flowering one-year tops of shoots are used as medicinal raw materials. A decoction of crushed shoots is used in the treatment intestinal infections, metabolic disorders, dysbacteriosis in children and other diseases.

AT medicinal purposes herbaceous species of the genus Potentilla are also used - white cinquefoil and goose cinquefoil.

This herbaceous plant has popular names: roadweed, spruce branches, goose foot, soft grass. Potentilla goose grows along the banks of rivers, in forest meadows and near housing and roads. Its leaves are pinnate, serrate. Top have green color, bottom - white. Goose foot blooms from mid-May to September. The flowers are yellow, with a calyx and a subcalyx.

The plant is rich in tannins, iron, potassium, vitamin C. Contains essential oil, organic acids and other physiologically active components.

In folk medicine, it is used as a wound healing, diuretic, hemostatic agent.

An infusion of goose cinquefoil is used to regulate metabolic processes in diabetes, obesity and goiter.

Healing ointments are prepared from the herb for the treatment of wounds, cracks, some skin diseases. Potentilla goose is also used for cooking therapeutic baths with obesity.

The use of white cinquefoil

In the wild, the plant is quite rare. If planted in sunny open areas of the flower garden, many white flowers appear after the snow melts and fade only at the end of autumn. Tea from the leaves of the plant is very useful, as it contains a large amount of organic selenium.

Phytotherapists have long been studying the healing qualities of Potentilla white. The medicinal properties of this species have not been fully studied, but its positive effect has been proven in the treatment of diseases such as diffuse goiter, autoimmune thyroiditis, hypo- and hyperthyroidism.

On the basis of a dry extract of the roots of this plant in Russia, effective drug"endorm" for the prevention and treatment of thyroid diseases.

The rhizome of the plant contains a large number of trace elements: iron, silver, copper, iodine, etc. When using Potentilla, hormonal balance is normalized, and metabolic processes in the body are optimized.

An infusion of white cinquefoil improves intestinal tone, has a beneficial effect on liver function. Leaves, flowers, and roots are used for medicinal purposes. For best results, this plant is used in combination with other herbs.

When planning to grow and propagate new crops in your garden, consider Potentilla shrub. Abundant and long flowering, easy care are the main advantages of this perennial. The article will tell about varieties of Potentilla and its planting in open field.

Description of Potentilla: varieties and varieties

If in ancient times, healers wanted to stop the bleeding from a wound, anesthetize or cure poisoning, cinquefoil came to the rescue. Care and cultivation of crops do not cause trouble for gardeners. Now the perennial is more cultivated as an ornamental plant. There are at least 500 species of cinquefoil shrub (five spring). Here are just a few varieties:

Anyone who has been growing and propagating cinquefoil for more than a year knows that it makes an excellent drink rich in vitamin C. For this plant, it is called Kuril tea. In Siberia and the Kuril Islands, it is most common as a remedy for colds and flu. Those who have already used cinquefoil in landscape design on their site probably liked the ease of its cultivation and unpretentiousness in care.

Planting a plant

The best option places - penumbra. When landing on sunny area you risk not admiring bright bloom quintuple source. Some varieties burn out under hot rays. In absolute shade, the plant will develop poorly.

Advice. Potentilla well tolerates planting not only in open ground, but also in large flowerpots on balconies or loggias.

The soil should be rich in humus, well drained, loam is preferred. The most demanding in this respect pink varieties. Plant cinquefoil in spring or fall. The depth of the pits is about 50 cm, the distance between them is about 60-80 cm. Lay the drainage in a layer up to 20 cm. It is best to use lime gravel: it contains calcium.

Choose for Potentilla cozy place in partial shade

Top with soil with sand and humus. Place the seedling in the hole, making sure that the root collar does not go deep into the ground. Fill it with soil in combination with complex mineral fertilizer. The final stages of planting are abundant watering and mulching with sawdust.

Advice. In addition to compost and sand, 100 g of lime or ash can be added to the pits for nutrition and care.

Potentilla care

For good growth in open ground and flowering, the pyatilistochnik needs moist soil. Therefore, the main rule of care is watering. Often, only rainwater is enough for the cinquefoil, and besides, it is considered drought tolerant plant. However, make sure that the soil does not dry out.

Under young seedlings in the first 3 weeks after planting, half a bucket should be poured 1 time in 7-8 days. In hot summers, ensure watering 2-3 times a week. Each bush will have enough for a bucket of water, but not ice. Finish the procedure by loosening (to a depth of 5-10 cm) and mulching.

It is very important to keep the soil moist.

The appearance of the cinquefoil needs regular care. Remove weeds and cut bushes. Pruning is best done in spring or autumn. Cut the branches about 1/3 every 3 years, or a little more if landscaping requires it.

Fertilizer and top dressing

Apart from mineral fertilizer introduced during planting, cinquefoil needs the following top dressing:

Potassium sulphate and phosphate fertilizer:

• 25-30 g of both per bucket of water;
• 1 bucket is enough for 1 bush;
• application time is spring.

For abundant flowering, the culture needs regular top dressing.

Phosphorus and potassium top dressing:

• use any, in accordance with the instructions;
• application time - before flowering.

Potentilla reproduction

When growing Potentilla, 4 methods of reproduction are used:

• layering;
• cuttings;
• dividing the bush;
• seeds.

When propagated by layering, the incised shoot is bent to the ground. The place of the incision is fixed with a hairpin and sprinkled with soil. When the layering acquires its roots, it is planted in a new place. This is the easiest method.

Rooted cuttings of Potentilla

Cuttings are cut in the summer from those branches that appeared last year, removing the lower leaves. They are planted in moist soil in the shade of the garden, covered with a jar or bottle. Water during the day. The buds are removed so that they do not weaken the plant.

If the cinquefoil is already 4 years old, it can be divided and seated. The selected shoot with growth buds is separated from the main bush and rooted in open ground. Do this both in spring and autumn. The main condition is warm weather.

Seeds for subsequent propagation are collected either at the end of summer or in September-October. They can be dried and stored for several years or planted immediately. Spread them over the surface of the soil and lightly press down. Self-seeding is also used, which is typical for Potentilla. Young shoots from seeds are planted in temporary ridges, and after a couple of years - in a permanent place.

Diseases and pests

And here there is reason to rejoice at gardeners who grow cinquefoil. Planting and caring for it is also simple because pest control is not needed. They practically do not touch this perennial plant. Almost the only misfortune is rust.

Potentilla is quite resistant to both diseases and pest attacks.

Yellow-brown spots appear on the leaves with purple tint. If the bush is severely affected, the foliage on it curls and dries, spraying with a solution of manganese and boron or sulfur will be required. Rust develops well on pine branches, avoid proximity to this conifer.

Potentilla shrub: combination with other plants

Good partners for the five leaf spring:

• geyher;
• junipers;
• barberry;
• cotoneaster;

Potentilla in the flowerbed

The combination of yellow cinquefoil with:

• catnip;
• hyssop.

A successful addition to the five-leaf spring are plants with white, blue and blue flowers.

Potentilla shrub in landscape design

This plant holds its shape well. Curbs and hedges are beautiful. A single cinquefoil bush on the lawn looks harmonious. Often in landscape design, this perennial is used for:

Potentilla in landscape design

• flower beds-mixborders;

Potentilla shrub can grow in open ground up to 20-30 years. Set aside a place for her, and she will serve as a decoration for your garden all year round.

Potentilla: video

Types of Potentilla shrub: photo

How to turn plant cultivation into personal plot for beauty and comfort as an occasion for constant joy for success? Everything is quite simple - you need to choose the right culture. Potentilla shrub has unpretentiousness and does not require care to be carried out with special care. This shrub has been popular with gardeners of past centuries. Therefore, even in our time, shrub cinquefoil is quite relevant and common - its varieties have all consumer qualities. Correct fit and reproduction allow you to quickly breed it in the garden. This plant is a low (meter and a half tall) branching shrubs with a dense, dense crown. The decorativeness and attractiveness of flowers provided them with the attention and demand of numerous professional gardeners and ordinary flower growers. Such plants are preferred to be planted in separate units at a distance from each other, and create a bright foreground from them during group plantings. Look at the photo shrub cinquefoil- this is an amazing powerful plant for landscape design:

Features and exact description of Potentilla shrub (with photo)

The features of the plant are insignificant and they are taken into account by the exact description of the shrub Potentilla, presented below. This variety ornamental plantings has fibrous rhizomes. Pinnate, slightly pubescent leaves are most often five-fingered in nature, due to which the cinquefoil is also called the cinquefoil. In many European countries, the plant is known under the name Dazifora, which translates as "carrying thick hairs." The crown of the bushes has a hemispherical shape. Of particular importance in the description of Potentilla shrub is external structure colors. Look at the photo varieties and varietal types:


Abundant, colorful flowering is observed from June to October, so this duration can be called one of the clear advantages of the plant. Numerous flowers are quite large in size - the diameter can reach 3.5 centimeters, they are usually located separately or bright inflorescences. Each flower contains up to thirty thousand small stamens, thanks to which the centers become fluffy and spectacular. Ripening fruits give the plant even more decorative effect. Covering the dense crown of the bushes with peculiar "buttons", the combined achenes ripen to a dark brown color and also contain numerous fine hairs.
According to the color variety, the plant is divided into three main groups - shrub white, yellow and pink cinquefoil. However, depending on the variety, the color scheme and shades may vary. Most often, in public flower beds or in urban gardens, you can see the yellow shrub Potentilla, which looks decent and successfully sets off other types of ornamental plants. In addition to their colorfulness, shrubs have a number of useful and practical qualities that are used in folk medicine and pharmacology. The flowers, leaves, shoots of the plant contain a large amount of resins, alkaloids, vitamins C, R. Tea is quite popular, which is brewed from this variety of herbs - the drink has choleretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial properties. With the help of decoctions, burns, boils, and various wounds are cured.

Planting and proper cultivation of Potentilla shrub

For proper growth and abundant flowering of the plant, it is necessary to produce high-quality care. The shrub prefers well-lit, but at the same time slightly shaded places - being a light-loving and heat-loving representative of the flora, they may not withstand direct ultraviolet rays. In this case, their color becomes dull and inexpressive. Planting shrub cinquefoil is carried out in early spring or in autumn, when there is enough moisture in the soil. Confident and proper cultivation Potentilla shrub implies a number of nuances that you need to know:
When planting cinquefoil shrubs, you need to carefully and carefully choose a place. The cultivars of the plant are usually planted in leeward, shaded areas with south sides. The best option is when the flowers are actively illuminated by the sun in the morning, and at midday they are in the shade. The most correct would be planting ornamental pets in light, well-drained soils with an alkaline or slightly acidic reaction. Group landing implies a distance of at least 60 cm between the bushes. Landing on any kind of wetlands is undesirable.

Types of propagation of shrub cinquefoil - cuttings and other methods

This type of plant has the ability to propagate using seeds, green or lignified cuttings, as well as special layering. Another method of reproduction is the division of the bush. The most popular methods are propagation of Potentilla shrubby cuttings and seeds. Types of bush division are rarely used, usually gardeners use other methods. When planting shrubs for the first time, many prefer to use seeds. These flowers have rather small seeds, it is customary to sow them in late autumn. If sowing is done in early spring, then the seeds are stratified in advance. At the same time, it is not necessary to bury the seeds - they spill out onto the ground and are slightly pressed down. This method of planting a plant has a high percentage of germination. On the next year sprouted young shoots are transplanted to a permanent place (dive before that). Bushes from seeds give high-quality color already in the second year after planting the seeds. Materials for cuttings are recommended to be harvested in June. For this, dense, strong shoots are selected, which must be cut into about 20 cm long. Flowers and the lower part of the leaves are removed. In order for the cuttings to take root faster, they can be kept in a heteroauxin solution (treatment with Kornevin's solution) for 12 hours before planting. Root cuttings with roots under glass or in greenhouse conditions. To increase the humidity, they need to be sprayed frequently and regularly. When the first buds appear, they should be cut off immediately, otherwise the blooming flowers will greatly weaken the plant. According to numerous photos of the Potentilla shrub, you can analyze how correctly it was planted and whether it is properly cared for. Already from the age of 4, bushes can be divided by planting parts in autumn and spring. Selected shoots with growth buds are separated from the mother bush and planted in a permanent place. You need to water constantly.

The need and benefits of pruning Potentilla shrub

The need and benefit of constant monitoring of the number and length of young shoots is constantly discussed by designers and gardeners. If you do not cut the plants, they quickly overgrow and look unattractive. In addition, exposure of the lower part of the bushes is possible. Therefore, in early spring late autumn, at the end of flowering, shrub cinquefoil is pruned, in which the bushes or dried branches directed inside the bushes are carefully removed. Every 3-5 years, the plants rejuvenate - one third of all shoots are cut to the ground level. Relevant is decorative pruning, with which the shrubs are given any desired shape.

Variety of varieties of Potentilla shrub (with photo)

The variety of Potentilla varieties includes more than 500 names, which, in general, are divided into subspecies with white flowers, yellow flowers, pink and red. Depending on the variety, its use is possible in various decorative variations. The most relevant are the following varieties cinquefoil shrub:

• Tall and bright Potentilla shrub Abbotswood. The variety is highly branched, has snow-white flowers. Flowering is observed from early June to October.
  
  
  
• Elizabeth. Original bushes with a voluminous crown - its diameter can sometimes reach one meter. The leaves are velvety, and the flowers are large, light yellow.
  
  
• Potentilla Nepalese. It blooms for 55 days with red and dark pink flowers.
  
  
• Tall (up to one and a half meters) Potentilla shrub Goldfinger. Shrubs with a lush, dense crown of bright, emerald green leaves. They have large bright yellow flowers, the diameter of which reaches 4 cm.
  
  

Depending on the variety, the color of flowers can be the most diverse - from snow-white and yellow petals to bronze-orange. For many landscape designers, this shrub cinquefoil ("potentilla fruticosa") is indispensable - with its help, you can confidently and organically decorate modern alpine slides, borders, rockeries, different type hedges. Look at the photo various varieties of shrub Potentilla:

Potentilla fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa), often called Kuril tea, a plant of the Rosaceae family. Widely distributed in nature. Found in Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan, Far East, North America etc. Such wide use speaks of the amazing unpretentiousness of this plant. Potentilla shrub - low perennial deciduous shrub up to 1 - 1.5 meters high, dense wide crown up to 1.5 m, fibrous rhizome.
In total, up to 15 species of Potentilla shrub are known, but all species can be divided into three groups: with white flowers, yellow and Potentilla with pink, orange and red flowers. The most numerous group of yellow-flowered cinquefoils.

All cinquefoils are very fond of sunny places. White-flowered cinquefoils endure a slight darkening. Varieties of the third group (pink, orange and red) in a little shading give more bright flowers, but already in partial shade they develop worse. Potentilla shrub blooms for a long time, from June to October.
Potentilla shrub its second name Kuril tea received for its healing properties. Shoots, leaves and flowers contain vitamins C, P, alkaloids, resins and a host of other substances used in pharmaceuticals. Potentilla tea has a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect. This tea has antimicrobial, choleretic properties. Decoctions treat purulent wounds, boils and burns.

When planting cinquefoil root collar do not bury, it should be at ground level. After planting, water abundantly and, when the water is absorbed, mulch the trunk circle. This measure will allow you to save such desirable moisture for Potentilla. After all, her root system is superficial and suffers from overdrying.

Potentilla loves to "cut". Regular pruning encourages abundant flowering. First of all, damaged and drying shoots, dry inflorescences are removed. In the spring they cut even shorter - by one third. A haircut can also be “model” - to give the bush a certain shape (ball, pyramid, etc.), which lasts quite a long time and enhances the decorativeness of the culture.
Reproduction is possible both by seeds and cuttings - green and woody. In addition, cinquefoil is propagated by layering and dividing the bush. It is recommended to do this in June. The rooting rate is high. Seeds before sowing are recommended to be stratified at low positive temperatures for about three months.

Potentilla herbaceous, potentilla

Potentilla herbaceous is called potentilla (Potentilla). This name comes from the Latin word potens ("power, strength") and was given by medicinal properties some types of cinquefoil.

Among herbaceous cinquefoils there are single and perennials. Gardeners mainly grow beautiful and unpretentious perennial herbaceous cinquefoils, which adorn the garden for a long time with their numerous bright flowers. These plants have spreading stems and elegant leaves resembling strawberries.

In floriculture, Potentilla x hybrida is very popular, which combines varieties and forms obtained with the participation of many types of Potentilla. But mostly hybrid cinquefoils are formed from Nepalese cinquefoil (Potentilla nepalensis), silver-leaf cinquefoil (Potentilla agrophylla) and dark blood-red cinquefoil (Potentilla atrosanguinea).

Hybrid cinquefoils - herbaceous plants 30-80 cm high, all summer strewn with bright rather large flowers (2.5-5 cm in diameter).
The most famous and common varieties of hybrid Potentilla:
- "Miss Wilmott" - cherry-pink flowers with a dark eye;
- "Yellow Queen" - shiny yellow flowers,
- "Roxana" - salmon-orange flowers with thin dark veins;
- "Twinklin Star" - pink-cream flowers with a scarlet eye;
- "William Rollison" - semi-double bright orange-red flowers;
- "Monarch Velvet" - crimson flowers with a dark cherry eye;
- "Gibson Scarlet" - shiny red flowers that look like miniature poppies.

Herbaceous cinquefoil is undemanding, but develops better on loose nutrient soils with low lime content and good drainage. At the end of the season, the old shoots are cut off, and in the spring the soil around the growing shoots is mulched.
If necessary, the sprawling stems of herbaceous cinquefoils should be supported.

Herbaceous cinquefoils are propagated by dividing the bush (in spring or autumn) after 4 years.
Successfully propagated by seeds, which can be sown at any time during the season. Seedlings of herbaceous cinquefoil bloom for 2-3 years.

Herbaceous cinquefoils do not require shelter for the winter, as these plants are absolutely frost-hardy under snow cover.