Potentilla fruticosa Red Ace
$11
1-2 ft.
Description
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Potentilla Fruticosa Red Ace
Cinquefoil Red Ace is a well-known bushy deciduous shrub grown for its striking colour of the saucer-shaped flowers above the pinnate silvery-green foliage.
Flowers change from red to yellow under intense heat and blooms all summer long!
Details Potentilla fruticosa Red Ace
- Suitable for Small Gardens
- Blooms: June – October
- Flower colour: red
- Leaf colour: Yellow
- Full grown: 5 Years
- Full grown height: 50 – 75 cm
- Full grown width: 50 – 75 cm
- Plant location: sunny
- Plant depth: 15 cm
- Hardiness: -20 Celsius
- Preferred soil: Well drained
How to take care of Fruticosa Red Ace
For best results soak the roots for approx 2 hrs before planting, water well after planting and for the next few weeks. Grows best in a soil with a low lime content. Needs a sunny location and well drained soil.
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To keep the size of the plant in shape and to encourage the most colourful bark, remove a third of the stems back to ground level each spring. Fertilise in spring. Take cuttings in November to February.
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