Potentilla fruticosa is a shrub of the Rosaceae family.

Cinquefoil ‘Tangerine’

Description and varieties.

This type of cinquefoil is a low (up to 1 m) shrub with a spherical crown and complex pinnate leaves consisting of small (about 0.5 cm in length) leaflets. The leaves of the cinquefoil are pubescent, bright green on top and silvery on the underside.

The original species has bright yellow flowers, 2–3 cm in diameter, with five petals. The plant develops quite quickly; grown from cuttings, it blooms in the second year and gives good growth.

The shrubby cinquefoil has a subspecies - Manchurian cinquefoil (Potentilla mandshuriensis), which Russian botanists often classify as an independent species.

Modern varieties of cinquefoil have very different flower colors; they are united by the fact that they bloom for a very long time - from the beginning of June to the end of October. In this regard, cinquefoil outperforms many other shrubs.

Cinquefoil bush ‘Abbotswood’ (Abbotswood) - Very popular variety, shrub height 80 - 100 cm, white flowers, cushion-shaped crown.

L. shrub ‘Elisabeth’ (Elizabeth) - more low-growing variety- 60 - 80 cm, interesting bluish-gray-green foliage, yellow flowers.

Variety ‘Goldfinger’ (Goldfinger) It has a fast growth rate, taller than other varieties (up to 130 cm), the flowers are bright yellow.

L. shrub ‘Goldstar’ (Goldstar ) - gray-green leaves and very large, eye-catching yellow flowers. The height of this variety of cinquefoil is 80 - 100 cm.

L. shrub ‘Goldteppich’ (Goldteppich) - prostrate low (only 50 cm) shrub, yellow flowers, excellent for small rockeries and rock gardens.

L. shrub ‘Hopley’s Orange’ (Hopley’s Orange) — orange flowers and leaves pubescent with silvery hairs (height 60 - 80 cm).

L. bush ‘Klondike’ (Klondike) - height 100 - 120 cm, light yellow flowers, crown has a somewhat elongated shape in the vertical direction.

Variety Potentilla bush ‘Kobold’ (Kobold) has compact dimensions (40 - 60 cm) and large bright yellow flowers.

L. shrubby ‘Longacre’ - this variety has pale yellow flowers, regular leaves, height 90 cm.

L. shrub ‘Lovely Pink’ (‘Pink Beauty’) - a very decorative low-growing (50 cm) variety with pink flowers unusual for cinquefoil.

Variety 'Manchu' - belongs to the subspecies Manchurian cinquefoil, with white flowers.

L. shrub ‘Mango Tango’ (‘Uman’) - unusual two-color yellow-orange large flowers. The bush itself is dense, low (up to 60 cm), erect.

L. fruticosa ‘Marian Red Robin’ (‘Marrob’) - very beautiful deep red flowers, height 40 - 60 cm. Compared to the original species, this variety is less resistant to drought, frost and winter soaking, which should be taken into account when choosing a place for planting.

L. shrub ‘Pretty Polly’ - low-growing (40 - 60 cm), delicate light green foliage, pink flowers.

L. shrubby ‘Princess’ (Princess) - height about 60 cm, flowers are pale pink, in bright sun they can turn white.

L. fruticosa ‘Red Ace’ - red flowers, bush height 60 cm. Like the ‘Marian Red Robin’ variety, it is not very resistant to adverse environmental factors.

L. bush ‘Red Jocker’ (Red Joker) - Compared to other red-flowered cinquefoils, it is quite resistant to harsh conditions. The flowers are blood red.

Cinquefoil ‘Tangerine’ - tangerine (copper-orange) flowers, crown shape is spherical, dense, height 50 - 60 cm.

Variety 'Tilford Cream' It is distinguished by an outstretched crown about 40 cm high, cream flowers, dark green leaves.

Growing conditions and care.

Cinquefoil is light-loving, but can grow in partial shade. Perfectly adapted to urban conditions. Undemanding to soil. Prefers well-drained, fresh and moist, sandy or loamy, slightly acidic or neutral soils. Resistant to heat and drought. Tolerates alkaline soils.

It is practically not affected by pests and diseases. Reacts well to pruning. Watering is necessary only in dry summers. You can learn in detail from the experience of one of the visitors to our site; planting of this shrub is also described there.

Reproduction.

The easiest way to propagate shrubby cinquefoil is by cuttings. Cuttings are cut from young shoots (from mid-June), three internodes are left and placed at an angle under a film in a rooting substrate, which is kept moist.

Potentilla shrub / KURIL TEA / DASIPHORA FRUTICOSA

It is difficult to imagine a shrub capable of blooming as long and abundantly as the best summer flowers. This is precisely the rare feature that the shrubby cinquefoil has. If the weather is favorable and proper care From the beginning of summer until the arrival of frost, the compact shrub is covered with a scattering of beautiful and delicate flowers. The shrub with its airy openwork crown and chintz ripples of flowers seems like a luxurious fabric come to life. Everything about cinquefoil is beautiful: textures, details, and character. Hardy and winter-hardy, it will easily become holiday decoration any ensemble.

Titles

Find another shrub with such long flowering impossible. How to find a culture with the same confusion in classification and names. Known as the cinquefoil bush, this beauty can boast of two more quite legitimate names - Kuril tea and five-leafed plant. The efforts of botanists, who “transferred” the plant from one genus to another and constantly changed its botanical name, created a confusion that is not so easy to understand. According to the latest data, the “correct” botanical name is just Kuril tea - Dasiphora fruticosa. But this name is disputed and is in unresolved territory, controversial status. Therefore, you can call the cinquefoil, in fact, whatever you want - both the old name of the cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) and even the bush cinquefoil (Pentaphylloides fruticosa). Today, all three names of this plant remain completely “legal”. But no matter how many different names the shrubby cinquefoil has, it is difficult to confuse it with some other shrub - its appearance and decorative talents are too special.

Kuril tea (or bush cinquefoil, or bush cinquefoil) is the most popular species of the genus. It is quite common in nature and is found from Central Asia to Western Europe. "Accustomed" to rocky soils, most often living on slopes, in pebbles, on screes, this is a compact shrub light-loving plant and in the garden it largely requires conditions similar to its wild habitats.

DESCRIPTION OF CENTERILLA BUSH

Bush
Kuril tea is a compact, dense shrub, strongly branching from the very base of the shoots, which, thanks to active branching, forms a lacy crown. Fast growth observed only before reaching maximum height: the older the cinquefoil, the slower it grows. The height of the bushes is up to 1.5 m, although compact, squat varieties up to 80 cm high are more popular. Potentilla bushes by nature look like balls or loose pillows. The width of the crown almost always slightly exceeds the height of the plant, but even high grades the crown is still hemispherical, very compact and beautiful. With a dense pattern of branches, Kuril tea does not look heavy, massive, or too voluminous. This is a very elegant plant, and this status can be assigned to it in any season. The bark on the branches is beautiful, reddish, very rarely gray-silver, peeling off on old shoots.

Leaves
The foliage gives the shrub an even more delicate, translucent, curly appearance. All cinquefoils, without exception, have carved leaves, divided into 5, and in some varieties - into 3 or 7 lobes, somewhat reminiscent of geraniums, parsley and mantle at the same time. Lacy leaves on an openwork crown create a translucent, airy, weightless image. The leaf lobes are lanceolate, up to 3 cm in length, narrow, almost always with a solid edge and a short point at the apex, often the edges are slightly turned away. The ovoid stipules grow together with the cuttings. The color of the foliage is very interesting, muted green with silvery notes; thanks to the dullness of the leaves and edges, it seems especially mysterious. Young leaves are very bright and light, then they acquire a standard muted, but very beautiful color.

Flowers
The flowering of the plant is sweet, romantic, surprisingly pastoral. The flowers, although simple in shape, seem unusually beautiful. In diameter they can reach 3.5 cm, in species plants - only about 2 cm. They consist of 5 petals round shape, forming an almost perfect flower. The flowers are flat and wide open with a very large fluffy center containing about 30 stamens. They bloom along the entire length of the shoots and seem to be scattered across the leaves one at a time or in very sparse racemes and corymbs, and the structure of the inflorescences is almost imperceptible. The number of flowers in good years and at the peak of flowering (which can last for months) is impossible to count. The entire openwork bush, like chintz fabric, is strewn with pretty flowers.

Fruit
After flowering, prefabricated inflorescences are formed, including small achenes with an unusual curved apex, giving the fruits a crescent shape. Fruiting and even complete ripening of seeds does not in any way affect the rate of production of new flowers, does not spoil the attractiveness of the plant and does not lead to a stop in flowering either in summer or autumn. There is no need to remove the fruit.

Flowering time
The flowering period of Kuril tea usually covers at least 2 months, and even then - in years with very bad weather. Each shrub is capable of blooming for as long as any annual plant - from the beginning of summer until the arrival of the first cold weather in October. Many cinquefoils in comfortable conditions even the first snow is greeted with several charming flowers. In the middle zone, the start of flowering of shrubby cinquefoil usually occurs in mid-June. Flowering and fruiting occur annually, but not always equally powerful.
It is believed that shrubby cinquefoil remains attractive from the beginning of the growing season (mid-April) until mid-October. But even bare bushes under the snow look surprisingly elegant.

GROWING CONDITIONS AND PLANTING

Illumination
Without exception, all shrubby cinquefoils - both species and varietal specimens - are light-loving plants. With some damage to the abundance of flowering, they can tolerate partial shade, but they feel better in warm, sunny or bright areas. Light shading protects their crowns from the heat, so the plants do well in the company of other shrubs or trees that give them light protection from the midday sun. It is important that the Kuril tea be kept without shade for most of the day. Cinquefoil shrubs are not sensitive to drafts; they grow well in open areas, do not suffer from polluted air.

The soil
For them, it is necessary to select fertile and high-quality soils, avoiding the risk of water stagnation and excessive dampness in spring and autumn. Soil compaction and heavy clay soils are contraindicated for Kuril tea; the soil for it should be light and permeable. The plant is not sensitive to soil reaction, but even highly calcareous soils will be preferable to slightly acidic soils.

Landing
It is better to prepare for planting shrubby cinquefoil in advance by digging planting holes at least 2 weeks in advance. The optimal planting period is middle lane– early April, that is, early spring, as soon as the soil thaws. To the south you can plant shrubby cinquefoil in late summer or early autumn.
For Kuril tea, a planting hole about half a meter deep and the same diameter is sufficient. The planting distance is from 1 m to 120 cm for free groups and 50 cm when creating continuous flowering arrays, borders or hedges.
At the bottom of the planting hole, even in rock gardens and rock gardens, a high layer of drainage made of crushed stone, pebbles, and bricks is laid. Optimal height drainage layer of about 20 cm. It is better to replace the soil from the planting hole with a fertile light mixture based on sand and leaf soil. The best soil is considered to be one consisting of equal parts leaf soil and humus with half the share of sand. A double dose of complete mineral fertilizer (100-120 g) and any available organic fertilizer must be added to the soil.
The planting itself is carried out according to standard methods. Long roots on the seedling are first shortened. A thin layer of soil is poured over the drainage. The shrub is installed, making sure that the depth level remains the same and the root collar is located at the same level as the ground line. Then fill all the free space with the prepared soil mixture and lightly compact it. After abundant watering, soil is added during shrinkage. Finish planting cinquefoil with shrubby mulching. trunk circle. This can be done even with the remains of the substrate or peat, not necessarily with bark or other mulching materials.

CARE FEATURES

Humidity and watering
Kuril tea belongs to drought-resistant shrubs. It thrives in rocky soils of rockeries and rock gardens and does not require watering. It also loves moist air and loves light spraying, and is not afraid of the flowers getting wet. Very hot weather so that the shrubby cinquefoil remains covered with flowers, carry out maintenance watering with abundant soaking of the soil. Frequency - 3 waterings per summer. Each plant uses about 1 bucket of water. It is better to carry out both watering and spraying in the evenings.

Mulching
The mulch created at planting must be maintained throughout the year. Any possible ways. The rest of the care comes down to removing weeds, loosening the soil when compacted after heavy rainfall and watering.

Feeding
Kuril tea needs fertile soil, so its access to nutrients needs to be supported with fertilizing. When fertilized, the plant not only blooms more profusely, but also becomes more winter-hardy. Fertilizing is carried out at least once, optimally - twice a season, starting from the second year after planting. In early spring contribute full mineral fertilizers(instead of the standard dose of 50-60 g for cinquefoil, a dose of 100-150 g is recommended). The second time, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are used, applying them immediately before flowering, but in the standard dosage recommended by the manufacturer.

Trimming
Kuril tea needs periodic anti-aging pruning, which is best done once every 5 or 6 years. In this case, any drastic pruning “to the stump” of the cinquefoil is not required: it is enough to shorten the branches by a third of their length or even by 10 cm.
The plant does not need mandatory annual pruning, but it can be done. In September, the plant can be shaped to make the crown more strict and the bushes more compact. In addition, when freezing, you need to carefully trim the damaged ends of the branches.

Diseases
Cinquefoils almost never get sick, but when unfavorable conditions, dense soil and dampness or in the vicinity of diseased pine trees suffer from rust. You can fight it by spraying with copper-containing preparations.

WINTERING AND SHELTER

Cinquefoil shrub is considered winter-hardy shrub, which is grown in cultivation almost in the Arctic Circle. It grows equally well in the middle zone and in southern regions, and further north. All shoots of the plant, the development of which stops already at the beginning of September, manage to fully ripen by winter. The older the plant gets, the more winter hardiness it acquires.

Such characteristics are the advantage of only those cinquefoils that are adapted to your climate. Plants imported from other countries and even regions may show much worse performance. Winter hardiness parameters should always be clarified when purchasing. Even the same varieties from two different areas can winter differently. New varieties with white, light yellow and golden flowers are said to be hardier than red, pink and orange varieties.

If you do not know the winter hardiness of the cinquefoil, then in the first winter you need to cover it, providing a layer of mulch up to 10 cm and hilling the base of the bushes. Low-winter-hardy plants can be covered with an air-dry method like roses for the first few years until they become more hardy and adapt to a specific climate.

REPRODUCTION

Cinquefoil shrub, especially varietal plants, propagated only vegetatively. Species can be propagated by seeds, but the process is very complicated and is usually used only on an industrial scale and with professional equipment. For Kuril tea use:
- green cuttings;
- lignified cuttings;
- layering;
- divisions from adult bushes and separated root shoots.

Cuttings are simple. When covered with a cap and maintaining light soil moisture, it occurs quickly even without additional processing. The resulting plants bloom the next year. You can take cuttings in spring and early summer by cutting off branches with two internodes.

VARIETIES OF POINTELLA SHRUSH

Today, most common shrub cinquefoils are represented by varietal specimens. You can choose plants based on the color of the flowers and the height of the bushes. When purchasing, be sure to check the degree of winter hardiness of a particular plant. This check is especially important for plants that are ordered from Western catalogs.

To the most interesting and fashionable varieties Potentilla shrub belongs to the following (varieties are arranged from highest to lowest, the number in brackets indicates the image):

"Veitchii" is a one and a half meter variety with an almost perfectly round translucent crown and snow-white flowers;
"Mount Everest" - a one-and-a-half meter variety that naturally looks like a perfect sphere with touching white blooms;
“Jackman” (1) - a one and a half meter spreading variety with unique silver leaves and medium-sized light yellow flowers that bloom in late spring;
“Primrose Beauty” (2) - a bush that blooms only in mid-June with a spherical crown about 120 cm high with light, yellow, small flowers;
"Maanly"s" - a variety 110-120 cm high with a wide dense crown and watercolor flowers, in which light cream along the edge turns into dark yellow in the center;
“Goldfinger” (3) - a variety with a height of 1 m with a very dense cushion-shaped crown, unusually dark leaves and bright yellow huge flowers, the diameter of which can reach 5 cm;

“Abbotswood” (4) - a meter-long variety with a denser cushion crown, light greenery and white-cream flowers;
“Klondike” is a meter-long variety with light yellow flowers, in which the leaves change color from light green to dark green (blooms from May);
“Goldstar” (5) - a variety slightly less than 1 m high with a lacy graceful crown of a slightly flattened, prostrate shape, grayish foliage and pastel light yellow color of very large flowers;
“Daydawn” (6) - a seventy-centimeter variety with a very sloping, more than 1 meter in diameter crown with yellow flowers, the outer side of the petals of which is painted bright orange;

“Elizabeth” (7) - a variety with bluish-gray leaves, a crown about 80 cm high, a cushion-shaped structure and large lemon-yellow flowers.
“Farreri” is a shrub about 80 cm high with a dense cushion-shaped light crown, silvery autumn color of leaves, literally hidden under a blanket of lemon flowers;
“Pink Queen” (8) - a variety up to 80 cm high with a very wide, one and a half meter in diameter crown and touching candy-pink flowers;
“Princess” is a variety about 75-80 cm high, whose uneven pink flowers change color throughout the plant, as if a wave of watercolor is passing through the dark green thick lace of the crown;
"Hachmann's Giant" is a golden-flowered variety about 70 cm high with very large flowers;
"Snowflake" - a variety about 70 cm high with a wide crown and white saucer flowers;
“Snowbird” is a light-leaved variety up to 70 cm high with large cream flowers that gradually fade to white;
“Golden Dwarf” is a variety about 60-70 cm high with a very wide crown and dense branching of pink shoots, light small leaves and golden flowers;
“Kobold” (9) - a variety slightly more than half a meter high with a medium-dense crown-cushion, light muted foliage color and light yellow “buttery” flowers, one of the fastest growing varieties that requires constant formation;

“Pretty Polly” is a light pink, pastel variety with a darker center color, creating a feeling of watercolor transition, with unique thin shoots and dark small leaves, forming a very spreading bush up to only 60 cm high;
“Red Robin” (10) - a variety in which, at a height of 60 cm, the crown is more than twice as large in diameter, with unique scarlet flowers;
“Red Ace” (11) - an extremely dense variety with creeping shoots that form a spreading bush just over half a meter high with light foliage and dazzling fiery red flowers with brick hues;
“Goldteppich” (12) - a low-growing, half-meter variety with grayish leaves and bright golden flowers (blooming starts in May);

"Hopley Orange" (13) - half-meter variety with different shades orange on large flowers, blooming already in May;
"Gilford Cream" - a half-meter variety with a very wide, outstretched crown and densely arranged bright foliage with creamy pastel flowers (one of the first to bloom, in May);
“Tangerine” (14) - an orange variety about 40 cm high, the flowers of which, thanks to the golden center, really resemble citrus fruits, in different lighting they show different colors from yellow to copper, with a beautiful spherical crown;
“Manchu” (15) is a spreading variety, in which, with a bush diameter of more than 1 m, the height does not exceed 40 cm, and the white-cream flowers seem radiant and silky;

“Floppy Disc” (16) - a low-growing, half-meter variety with light small leaves and watercolor pink flowers;
“Dart's Golddigger” (17) - a dense, cushion-shaped, half-meter variety with very light foliage and large golden flowers;
“Royal Flush” is a half-meter spreading variety with thin branches and scarlet flowers, changing their color as they bloom to dark pink and flaunting the brightest autumn foliage among all varieties;
“Tilford Cream” (18) - has a slow-growing bush up to half a meter high, with a diameter of about a meter; cream flowers up to 5 cm, numerous, long-lasting flowering;
"Rheinsberg" - dwarf variety height from 30 cm to half a meter, bright lemon flowers.

USE IN GARDEN DECORATION

˅ as single “lace” decorations
˅ in free groups with conifers and other shrubs
˅ in dense flowering landscape-type plantings – flowering tracts
˅ in ground plantings and front garden compositions
˅ as an openwork flowering rootstock or undergrowth
˅ for visual softening and connection of massive shrubs and woody
˅ in mini flower beds
˅ in classic flower beds and mixborders as an abundantly flowering background or solo accents
˅ in chintz flower beds and ridges
˅ in rockeries and at the foot of alpine hills
˅ for landscaping slopes
˅ in romantic “fairytale” lush ensembles
˅ in borders and hedges
V regular style like openwork flowering spheres
˅ against the backdrop of lawns

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Description

Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) or Kuril bush tea is a plant that has long been introduced into cultivation and grown in nurseries as an ornamental tree and shrub. IN last years It is used to prepare drinks and as a medicinal raw material.

This is a perennial, strongly branching shrub up to 1 m tall, with shoots of a reddish-brown color.
and golden yellow flowers of the Rosaceae family. The leaves are pinnate, consisting of 5 (3-7) oblong-ovate leaflets, green above, sparsely pubescent, silky below. Flowers lemon color, large, up to 3 cm in diameter, solitary or in small racemose or corymbose inflorescences. The fruits are numerous dry nuts. Flowering continues from late June to September.

A cold-resistant species and capable of growing in areas where there is permafrost. Undemanding to soil. It grows in nature in sparse coniferous and deciduous forests, on rocks, in subalpine and alpine meadows. In natural habitats, plants grow very slowly and by the age of 20 the height of the bushes is no more than 30 cm. When grown on personal plots in Belarus, by the age of 4-5 years, Kuril bush tea reaches a height of 70-90 cm.

or Kuril bush tea is also valued as an ornamental plant. This beautiful flowering shrub with a long flowering period, suitable for single and group plantings, lining groups of taller plants and hedges, planting among stones in rock gardens. It easily tolerates decorative haircuts and is almost not affected by diseases and pests. There are hybrids and varieties with larger flowers of white, salmon, and orange colors.

Propagated by seeds and vegetatively - by cuttings or dividing the bush. Sowing of seeds is carried out in spring without preliminary preparation in a film greenhouse. Leaf soil is used as a substrate. Annual seedlings in unthickened crops reach 0.3-0.4 m and are suitable for planting in a permanent place. Plants, especially when grown in a film greenhouse, in the first year of life can go through all stages of development from seed to flowering and seed ripening.

In Siberia, Kuril bush tea has long been used to prepare a tea drink. Brew it like regular tea. A well-infused drink has a pleasant taste, color and aroma. Gives vigor and increases performance, has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system. People call this plant “mighty”.

Life form:

deciduous shrub

Crown:

Spherical, dense.

Growth rate:

Fast. The annual growth is 20 cm in height and 20 cm in width.

Height 1.5 m, crown diameter 1.5 m.

Durability:

20 years

Flowers:

Flat round, golden yellow, 3 cm.

Leaves:

Elliptical, yellowish-green, 1 to 3 cm.

Decorative:

Cinquefoil shrub is decorative primarily due to its abundant and long-lasting flowering.

Application

Single plantings, decorative groups.

The leaves of Potentilla fruticosa contain a lot of ascorbic acid, just like the black currant berries. In Siberia, tea is brewed from dried and fresh cinquefoil leaves.

Growing conditions

to light: light-loving, but grows well in partial shade

to moisture: demanding

to soil: demanding

to temperature: frost-resistant

Homeland:

Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Far East, Central Asia, Mongolia, Japan.

Planting and care

Landing Features:

When creating hedges, the distance between plants is 60-70 cm.

Soil mixture:

Turf soil, humus and sand - 2:2:1.

A drainage layer of 10-20 cm of crushed stone is required.

Optimal acidity - pH 7-8.5

Feeding:

In spring, 100-150 g of mineral fertilizers are applied. Before flowering, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are applied.

Watering:

It can survive without watering for a long time, but does not do well in dry air. In hot and dry summers, you should water 3-4 times a season, 1-1.5 buckets per plant. In the evening, it is recommended to spray, being careful not to damage the flowers. Watering norm.

Young plants require more frequent and abundant watering during dry periods.

Loosening:

Simultaneously with the removal of weeds to a depth of 5-10 cm.

Mulching:

After planting, a layer of 5-7 cm.

Trimming:

Once every 5-6 years, in the second half of April, they are pruned, leaving stumps of 15-20 cm. The branches grow quickly. After radical pruning, be sure to feed them with fertilizers. You don’t have to resort to radical pruning, but cut out weak and old branches every spring.

Diseases:

Rust

Preparing for winter:

Decorative forms are mostly winter-hardy; only in severe winters do the ends of annual shoots freeze. With age and thanks to fertilizing, frost resistance increases.

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Kuril bush tea (Potentilla fruticosa), Dasiphora fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa)

Kuril tea- a great plant for your garden. It can grow both in the open and in light shade and even tolerates short-term spring flooding of the site. It can be planted in the garden alone on the lawn, on alpine slide, in groups, suitable for creating a low hedge. Decorative effect give linear plantings along the paths.

The genus Kuril tea has 15 species. Previously plants this species was classified as a cinquefoil and was called Potentilla, then renamed dasyphora due to the abundant pubescence on the leaves. For the shape of its leaves, the shrub received another name - five-leafed plant.

White cinquefoil, or Kuril tea Abbotswood(Abbotswood) - one of the best varieties with pure white large flowers, 80-90 cm in height and a cushion-shaped crown up to 1.3 cm in diameter. The leaves are light green, the flowers are pure white, up to 3.5 cm in diameter, single or collected into small brushes. It has abundant and long flowering, from June to October. It easily tolerates haircuts and holds its shape for a long time.

Has good shoot-forming ability. Blooms profusely and annually. Flower buds are formed at the tops of annual growths.

Kuril tea, planting and care

It is preferable to plant Kuril tea seedlings with an open root system at the end of April in planting holes 50-60 cm deep. The root collar is not buried, but is located at soil level. When planting and in the spring, complete mineral fertilizer is applied at the rate of 100-150 g per 1 sq.m. Before flowering, potassium and phosphorus fertilizers are applied.

The distance when planting between bushes in a row is 60-80 cm. The place for planting shrubby cinquefoil is chosen to be sunny; in the shade, flowering is reduced.

The soil is suitable for ordinary garden soils, always loose; on compacted soils, loosening to a depth of 5-10 cm is required. On clay soils, drainage is required with a 20 cm layer of broken brick or river pebbles.

For the harsh winters of the Moscow region, varieties with yellow flowers turned out to be more adapted, as they are closest to natural look. The varieties with pink, orange and red flowers suffer the most from freezing. Severely thinned bushes lose their decorative properties, and in some years flowering may not occur.

A fast-growing shrub with feathery dark green leaves and light orange flowers.

Crown diameter of an adult plant (m): 1

Height of an adult plant (m): 0.8

Description

Cinquefoil bush Annette is an unpretentious fast-growing shrub.

It tolerates haircuts well and retains its decorative compact appearance for a long time.

Used as a border, low hedge, in compositions with trees and shrubs, in rock gardens, on rocky terraces.

Does not tolerate drought well.

Crown

Needles/Foliage

Bloom

Landing

Loves sun and partial shade. It should be planted on light, well-drained, moist, fertile soils.

In dense group planting, the bushes are placed at a distance of 60-80 cm from one another. Planting in holes 50-60 cm deep. Drainage - a layer of broken bricks or pebbles 15-20 cm thick. To the existing garden soil add humus and sand. The root collar should be located at ground level. If the soils are poor, you can add mineral fertilizers by adding landing hole up to 100 g of complex fertilizer.

Saplings with an open root system are planted in spring and autumn. Seedlings with a lump of earth from a container - with early spring until late autumn.

Care

Care: loosening, weeding, fertilizing, sanitary and anti-aging pruning. Requires formative pruning at a young age, and pruning “to the stump” at a more mature age if the lower part of the bush is exposed. The bushes are trimmed once every three years. You can cut it in September: in this case, non-lignified shoots are shortened by an average of a third. If the procedure took place in April, then the shoots should be shortened by approximately 10-20 cm; in the spring this causes active growth and branching.

Water regularly, especially in hot weather.

Before flowering, the plants are fertilized: 30 g of superphosphate and 10 g of potassium sulfate are dissolved in 10 liters of warm water.

Diseases: powdery mildew. Protection - fungicides.

Reproduction