Potentilla fruticosa ‘UMan’
Size: #5
2 feet high x 2 feet wide
Upright shape
Zone 2
Full Sun to Part Sun
$50
Available for the Early Order Sale!
This potentilla was developed by the folks at the University of Manitoba, and has striking bicolor flowers that display shades of orange and red radiating from the center of the flower petal over a base of deep yellow. Its compact shape makes this a perfect fit for a garden border.
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death.