Potentilla - Gold Drop

Handy Gardening Secrets shrubs  


Potentilla - Gold Drop

Potentilla also serves as a butterfly nectar source and a host for butterfly larvae. 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 Potentilla' Gold Drop', Potentilla fruticosa 'Gold Drop', also known as Buttercup Shrub or Shrubby Cinquefoil, displays attractive, yellow buttercup flowers all summer. 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). It has a attractive green, copper fall color. The flowers are borne atop the tips of the new growth. ... more info

 

Barberry-Red Leaf Japanese The Barberry bush or RedLeaf Japanese bush, Berberis thunbergii, is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 24" tall and about 30" wide. The branches are slender, spiny, and small, and the leaves are roundly oval in a deep red to purple color. Ironically, this is never really considered a feature of this plant. The small, yellow flowers borne beneath leaves, from April to May, are not showy. Barberry bushes are best located in full sun. This plant is tolerant of many types of soil, but will not do well in wet to very moist soils.

Potentilla - Gold Drop