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Happy Face® Orange Potentilla fruticosa

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
2'6" 3' 76cm 91cm
Height: 18" - 2'6"
Spread: 2' - 3'
Height: 46cm - 76cm
Spread: 61cm - 91cm
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  • Details

    18 - 30 Inches
    24 - 36 Inches
    24 - 36 Inches
    46cm - 76cm
    61cm - 91cm
    61cm - 91cm

    Features

    Years’ worth of work have led to this dream come true! While you may have seen other orange potentillas, none of them hold their color through the summer like Happy Face® Orange. Its little blooms are a cheerful creamsicle hue and they actually stay that way. They arrive in incredible quantities all throughout the growing season. No matter the growing conditions. Potentilla gets a sad wrap as a parking lot plant, but that’s just because it is so dang reliable. No worries about deer, drought, or salt. It’s ready to feed pollinators wherever you plant it, as edging, groundcover, or as a mass planting in the border.

    Top reasons to grow Happy Face Orange potentilla?

    • Tough North American native plant
    • Long bloom time
    • Feeds pollinators
    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Drought Tolerant
    Salt Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    18 - 30 Inches 46cm - 76cm
    Spacing: 
    24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm
    Spread: 
    24 - 36 Inches 61cm - 91cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Orange
    Flower Shade: 
    Light orange
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Fall
    Hardiness Zones: 
    2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Poor Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Groundcover
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Mixed borders; foundation plantings; mass plantings.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Prefers moist, well drained soils but will tolerate poor, dry conditions once established. Trim to shape each spring if you'd like. Prune out one-third of the branches every 3 to 5 years in late winter to keep the habit full and attractive.

     

     

    Fun Facts: 

    Scientific name used to be Potentilla, but was reclassified into the genus Dasiphora.

    Happy Face® Orange Potentilla fruticosa 'Minporoug01' USPP 36,116, Can PBRAF
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