25+ Dakota Sunspot Potentilla Shrub
The shrub grows only 1 to 3 feet 30 91 cm tall but what it lacks in size it makes up in ornamental impact.
Dakota sunspot potentilla shrub. This cold hardy plant was selected at north dakota state university. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage. Potentilla pruning winter care and fertilizing. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Dakota sunspot bush cinquefoil tightly packed flower buds 1 diameter single bright yellow flowers one of the densest most compact potentillas available hardy excellent in groups. Dakota sunspot potentilla is a dense multi stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Dakota sunspot is most like the cultivar hurstbourne but is more dwarf and has larger flowers.
Prune this shrub in early spring before they leaf out. Flowers from mid summer to frost. Remove the heaviest canes all the way to the ground. Available in nursery trade. Remove 50 to 75 of the top of the shrub maintaining a mounded form. Potentilla potentilla fruticosa also known as cinquefoil is a cane shrub grown largely for its pretty long lasting blossoms. Usda zone 2 7 50 f 45 c.
Dakota sunspot potentilla is a compact shrub with an abundance of 1 golden yellow flowers from june until frost very hardy tough and easy to grow in cold climates adaptable to most conditions. Fargo sold under the registered trade name of dakota sunspot is a compact shrub with half inch wide bright green leaves that are distributed the full length of the branches. It will reach essentially mature size in 3 to 5 years. It flowers profusely from late spring until frost and may be the most floriferous flowering potentilla cultivar. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Dakota sunspot potentilla is a dense multi stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Hardy in usda zone 2b 3.
Dakota sunspot is a compact spreading potentilla with vivid yellow flowers and fine bright green foliage.