General Culture:
Easily grown in moderately fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of part shade. Also tolerant of poor soils. Established plants grow well in a wide range of conditions and have respectable drought tolerance. Plants have excellent winter hardiness and perform best in cool northern summer climates. They are not recommended for planting in the southeastern U.S. south of USDA Zone 7. Prune if needed in late winter. This is a dioecious shrub (separate male and female plants).
Noteworthy Characteristics:
Shrubby cinquefoil or bush cinquefoil is a vigorous, floriferous, many-branched, deciduous shrub of the rose family that typically grows in a bushy mound to 2-4’ tall. It is a circumpolar species that is native to northern parts of the U. S. (south in the Sierras and Rockies) as well as parts of Canada, Europe and Northern Asia. It features saucer-shaped, five-petaled, bright yellow flowers (to 1.5” diameter) and compound pinnate leaves (each primarily with 5 leaflets, but occasionally with 3 or 7). Flowers (solitary or in small terminal cymes) appear over a long late spring through summer bloom period. The common name of cinquefoil is in reference to the leaves (cinq means five and foil means leaf). Fruticosa means shrublike. Additional common names include yellow rose, fivefingers, golden hardhack and widdy. This plant is considered synonymous with Dasiphora floribunda.
Problems:
No serious insect or disease problems. Mildew may occur in some humid climates. Fungal leaf spots. Spider mites will sometimes appear.
Uses:
Low hedge, mixed or shrub border, foundation. Versatile, long-blooming shrub for sunny parts of the landscape.
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