VMC Native Garden ShrubLight: Full Sun –Partial Shade
Water: Average
Soil: Adaptable
Hardiness Zones: 2 – 7
Height: 2 – 3 ft
Spacing: 2 – 3 ft
Bloom Times: June – September
Bloom Color: White
Garden Use: Low-growing, dwarf variety of a larger shrub spcies. It can be planted in front of mixed, perennial borders with taller plants behind. Great for pollinator, cottage and native gardens.
Benefits: Tolerates a wide range of conditions including: drought, clay soil and pollution. It is deer-resistant and good for erosion- control. This shrub species sports blooms all summer with lovely, open flowers that attract pollinators.
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Happy Face’
Cinquefoil
All Photos: © Elana Goren
Q U I C K T I P S
A dwarf variety of the large, straight Potentilla fruticosa species, ‘Happy Face’ has lovely, open flowers on a small shrub that flowers all summer long. This versatile shrub is at home in many different garden situations as it is a tough plant that can tolerate a wide range of conditions.
Useful as a specimen plant or in mixed garden beds, Potentilla fruticosa ‘Happy Face’ will add garden interest with both its blooms and its small, compound-pinnate leaves. When we weaving textural interest in the garden the foliage contrasts nicely with plants that have larger, oval leaves or even grasses.
The versatility and ease of caring for this shrub will make it a welcome addition to any garden setting.