Potentilla nepalensis 'Miss Wilmott' (Cinquefoil) – Hardy Perennial (Set of 3 or 6)

Potentilla 'Miss Wilmott' is a hardy perennial cinquefoil, carrying cherry pink flowers with a darker raspberry centre from June until September.

The flowers are small, open and saucer shaped, held in loose airy sprays well above the leaves, so the plant looks light rather than solid in a border. The foliage is green and palmate, rather like a strawberry leaf, and forms a low clump about thirty to forty five centimetres tall and a little wider. It spreads gently enough to knit a border together and cover bare soil at the front.

Grow it in full sun or light partial shade in ordinary soil that drains. It does not want rich ground and it does not want winter wet, which is what sees these plants off rather than cold. It is happy in a pot as well as a border, and bees and butterflies use the open flowers all summer.

Deadhead through the season to keep the flowers coming, and cut the old growth back in late autumn or early spring. Supplied as three or six plants in 1L pots, ready to plant out or pot on.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Cinquefoil, Nepal cinquefoil
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 30 to 45cm tall by 45 to 60cm wide
• Growth Habit: Clump forming, gently spreading herbaceous perennial
• Perfect For: Borders, cottage gardens, rockeries, ground cover and containers
• Foliage: Green, palmate, strawberry like leaves
• Flowering Time: June to September
• Planting Position: Full sun or light partial shade on soil that drains. Fully hardy and happy in a container.
• Soil Type: Average, moderately fertile soil that drains freely. It dislikes winter wet.
• Hardiness: Fully hardy in Britain wherever the soil drains well
• Maintenance: Low. Deadhead through the summer and cut back old growth in late autumn or early spring.
• Seasonal Interest: Summer and autumn
• Type: Hardy herbaceous perennial

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