Potentilla Shrub Pruning: Spring Maintenance for a Beautiful Landscape
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- The Potentilla shrub appreciates a good spring pruning. We'll take a look at several favorite varieties including Dakota Sunspot, Mango Tango and Summer Dawn.
That 'Dakota Sunspot' and 'Mango Tango' sure are attractive looking! I don't have these, but seen them available. I LOVE the orange double flowered 'Lady Marmalade' AKA 'Marmalade' a nice compact selection and 'Tangerine Tango' that puts on a very striking show!
Helpful, thanks!
Thanks ! :)
Thanks for posting....we have some of these that are very overgrown. Looks like I'll need to wait until winter to trim down. I'm interested to know whether or not the one you trimmed all the way down came back this year or not.
Only one little sprout so far, but we have been very cold, so I am not surprised at the slow progress. I’ll let you know in a month how it turns out.
Yes. It is up about 10” in a bit of an odd rectangular shape. I’m just finishing up an update video on a few of the potentillas (and other shrubs), to show how they turned out. Should be posted in about a week.
Are you from Minnesota? :). Thank you for the video! I need to trim mine back, they are big. Unfortunately, too late this year.
I lived in Minnesota for many years but currently live in North Dakota
Hey I have 4 potentilla shrubs unfortunately I only discovered gardening a few years ago after my puberty so 1 of the 4 is almost dead looking can she be revived or should I exchange her to a new one ?
It sounds like you probably should change it out if it has been in decline each year.
Many sites consider Shrubby Cinquefoil to be weeds
Are you saying it’s OK to trim them back in the spring?
If you prune back quite a bit (1/3 to 1/2), I’d do it in late winter before they break dormancy. If you only take a couple of inches to remove old flower heads, you could do that in the spring, even after growth has started.