🌸 Overview
•Scientific Name: Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbotswood’
•Common Name: Potentilla ‘Abbotswood White’
•Plant Type: Deciduous flowering shrub
•Flower Color: Bright, pure white with yellow centers
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🌼 Flowering
•Bloom Time: Late spring through early fall (very long season)
•Flower Size: About 1–1.5 inches across
•Attracts: Bees and other pollinators
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🌿 Foliage & Shape
•Leaves: Small, fine-textured, gray-green to blue-green
•Form: Compact, rounded, and bushy
•Size: Typically 2–3 feet tall and wide
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☀️ Growing Conditions
•Sunlight: Full sun preferred; light shade tolerated
•Soil: Well-drained; adaptable to poor or dry soils
•Water Needs: Moderate at first, then drought-tolerant
•Hardiness: USDA Zones 3–7 (very cold-hardy)
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✂️ Care & Maintenance
•Maintenance Level: Low
•Pruning: Light pruning in early spring to maintain shape and promote blooming
•Optional: Deadhead (remove spent blooms) for a neater look
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🌱 Landscape Uses
•Great for:
•Low borders
•Foundation plantings
•Mass plantings
•Cottage and pollinator gardens
•Deer-resistant and generally pest/disease-free