Potentilla neumanniana 'Nana' (15) Flat
Common name: cinquefoil, Alpine Cinquefoil;
a/k/a P. verna, P. tabernaemontani or P. crantzii.
Zones (3) 4 to 8 (9).
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 3 to 4 inches tall and 12+ inches wide,
Herbaceous, semi-evergreen, mat-forming perennial ground cover.
Spicy-scented, strawberry-like leaves are shiny and deep green. Buttery yellow, one-quarter inch, 5-petaled, long-blooming flowers emerge in spring and sometimes rebloom early autumn.
Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil, Potentilla neumanniana 'Nana' prefers moist, cool soils in full sun. Spreading rapidly by runners to form a dense ground cover and requiring little maintenance, it can be mowed occasionally on a high setting to trim up the plants. Great for dry trouble spots where nothing else will grow, it is easily divided in spring or early fall by dividing clump into smaller sections.
Excellent in large and small mass plantings or rock gardens. Deer resistant and drought tolerant, 'Nana' can be used in lieu of lawn grass in areas where there is little or no foot traffic. |
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