General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 4 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Layering
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Shrubby Cinquefoil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dasiphora fruticosa
  • Synonym: Potentilla fruticosa

Photo Gallery
Location: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-06-08
close-up of flowers and foliage
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-10-04
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Date: 2023-06-16
one specimen planted in bloom
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2017-09-04
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2017-09-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-09-16

Date: 2012-05-24
Location: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-06-08
some plants for sale in pots
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2017-09-04
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2017-09-04

Date: 2012-05-24

Date: 2012-05-24

Date: 2012-05-24
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-06-10
Location: KALAMA WA
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Comments:
  • Posted by GoldiesGeraniums (Alaska - Zone 3a) on Jun 26, 2020 4:28 PM concerning plant:
    Love, love, love these! Great for Alaskan backyards; extremely hardy and full of cheery blooms. Smiling Highly recommended.
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 20, 2018 4:39 PM concerning plant:
    'Goldfinger' has larger, but fewer flowers that are about 1.5 to 1.75 inches wide; its dark green foliage is of coarser texture for the species. It probably is the most popular of all the cultivars. Lots sold in the Midwest and East US. It gets about three feet high.

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