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Potentilla -
Gold Drop Facts
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Mature Height
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2-3 feet
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Soil Type
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widely adaptable
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Mature Spread
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2-3 feet
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Flower Color
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yellow
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Mature Form
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compact
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Foliage Color
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green, fern-like
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Growth Rate
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Medium
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Fall Color
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green, fern-like
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Sun Exposure
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sun
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2-7
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Soil Moisture
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widely adaptable
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About the
Potentilla - Gold Drop :
The Potentilla' Gold Drop', Potentilla
fruticosa 'Gold Drop', also known as
Buttercup Shrub or Shrubby Cinquefoil,
displays attractive, yellow buttercup
flowers all summer. Gold Drop Potentilla is
a deciduous shrub that does best in full sun
and will flower all summer if trimmed in
late June or July along with fertilizer and
water. The flowers are borne atop the tips
of the new growth.
It is best to thin this plant in late
winter by cutting back about one third of
the stems near the ground (older stems
only). Potentilla also serves as a butterfly
nectar source and a host for butterfly
larvae. It has a attractive green, copper
fall color. |
