I've had my Potentilla for one season now, and can tell we will be great friends. It was planted in April, grew double its size over a co...Read Moreol summer, never got supplemental water, and bloomed happily all season. What a relief to have a well behaved, well acclimated summer shrub.
This incredibly hardy plant has yet to flower for us - but then again, we have yet to plant it. It's been in its nursery container for t...Read Morewo summers... and coming up on two winters. I like the foliage, and tangerine flowers would only add to its appeal!
St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) | November 2004 | neutral
'Tangerine' was the first significant departure from yellow in the shrubby Potentilla, and has been an important parent in many of today'...Read Mores red-orange-apricot cultivars (along with 'Red Ace' which came along nearly 20 years later). Like so many of these ornage-red cultivars coming from Europe, they need light shade or the flowers will fade to yellowish. It is not nearly as prolific as the yellow and white-flowered cultivars.
I've had my Potentilla for one season now, and can tell we will be great friends. It was planted in April, grew double its size over a co...Read More
This incredibly hardy plant has yet to flower for us - but then again, we have yet to plant it. It's been in its nursery container for t...Read More
'Tangerine' was the first significant departure from yellow in the shrubby Potentilla, and has been an important parent in many of today'...Read More