Woolly Cinquefoil

Description:

A compact and popular selection with showy yellow flowers in late spring and dark green fuzzy foliage; benefits from a hard prune after flowering to maintain shape; hardy, tough and adaptable to all conditions, but dislikes wet soils

Ornamental Features:

Woolly Cinquefoil features showy yellow cup-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer. It's small tomentose ferny compound leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Woolly Cinquefoil is a dense herbaceous perennial with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Woolly Cinquefoil is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Container Planting
• Border Edging
• Rock/Alpine Gardens

Plant Characteristics:

Woolly Cinquefoil will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by division.

This species is native to parts of North America.