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Potentilla, herbaceous plant of the Rosaceae, is widespread in Europe and Italy especially in its annual version and can also become a weed if herbaceous. As a bush or shrub, it is more pleasant and appreciated. In truth, since ancient times it has been a much loved plant for its healing qualities. Its name derives from the Latin "potens", precisely because it is used in Europe and Asia, its places of origin, as a theonic or as an astringent. Flowers, leaves and roots, all of the Potentilla comes in handy, it's a zero-waste species.
Potentilla: plant and its characteristics
Cultivable both in pots and in the ground, the Potentilla it has deciduous leaves, of a color that goes from green to blue but on the back they seem silver, also because they are covered with a light light down. The leaves are composed of many tiny leaflets, from 3 to 7, each 3 cm long.
THE flowers appear in late March and they stay until October and look a lot like those of the strawberry and wild roses, just to give us an idea. They consist of 5 petals, lunghi and yellow in color, but they are also seen more towards red or white, orange or pink.
There Potentilla it is a plant that loves the sun madly and is not at all disturbed by direct sunlight even if it does not fear the cold and withstands until the temperature drops below -15 ｰ C. And he's not all wrong!
Potentilla Reptans
There Potentilla reptans it is a herbaceous and perennial variety characterized by modest dimensions: it does not exceed one meter in height. Its flowering is expected in mid-summer, it is undoubtedly rather late, but then it proceeds quickly and creates wonderful yellow surfaces. It pays to wait.
Potentilla Fruticosa
This variety, called Fruticosa, on the other hand, it belongs to the shrub category and is not perennial but has deciduous foliage. It can easily exceed one meter in height reaching 160 cm, in mid-spring it begins to bloom and continues until the beginning of autumn, it gives cloaks of tints flowers close to yellow but knows how to surprise with even courageous shades, always in contrast with the dark and green leaves.
Potentilla Erecta
Is called Erecta, but this Potentilla it is not very high, indeed, it does not exceed 50-60 cm: it is herbaceous and perennial and blooms in summer. It does this by producing yellow, light and dark petals, in abundance, until late autumn.
Potentilla Nitida
The smallest absolutely among all Potentille is this, the Nitida. A perennial herbaceous plant that is no more than seven centimeters tall. Yet she has all the courage and the desire to flourish, just like the other colleagues, in the summer, and showing off beautiful white or pink corollas.
It is not for everyone. Wonderful colors even those of Atrosanguinea: perennial herbaceous, up to 60 cm in height, source of purple flowers with corolla of orange color.
Potentilla Goldfinger
There Goldfinger is one of the remaining 500 and more species of Potentilla spread in all areas of the world. From the name it is understood that its petals are golden yellow. In general, in our continent we find at least 40 endemic species but above all of the herbaceous, weed, not very welcome ones, indeed ... The shrubs, bushy, are well received in Italy as elsewhere, there are some also climbing but most of them remain on the ground. Blooming generously.
Potentilla: where to buy seeds
With approximately 4 euros per bag of seeds Potentilla online you can stock up and then create a beautiful expanse of 5-petaled flowers with all shades from yellow to orange this beautiful plant. To ensure a good result, it is better to water the plant every three weeks, if in the ground, while in a pot, the quantity is adjustable. It is a plant that resists drought and it is not to be pruned continuously: just eliminate dry and damaged branches after flowering. Pests and diseases are not much of a problem for the Potentilla that cares and blooms anyway.
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