Early in the spring, before the leaves emerge, prune this shrub. Maintain a mounded form by removing 50 percent to 75 percent of the top of the shrub. Take the heaviest canes all the way to the ground and discard them. Reshaping and removing wasted flowers after the shrub blooms in the summer will improve …
Potentilla erecta is a low, clump-forming plant with thin, procumbent to arcuately upright stalks and non-rooting runners that grows 1030 centimetres (3.911.8 in) tall. It grows wild in Europe and western Asia, primarily on acidic soils and in a broad range of habitats including mountains, heaths, meadows, sandy soils, and dunes. From May until August/September, …
