Potentilla, Nepal Cinquefoil 'Miss Willmott'

This charming plant has brought lovely green foliage and summer long pops of color to our summer place in Westcliffe, CO where it has end...Read Moreured weather extremes and survived assaults by deer, rabbits and chipmunks. We have a drip irrigation system installed to water when we are not there and the soil is somewhat improved, but these are tough conditions, indeed, for a plant!

Wonderful plant!
Easy to grow from seed, and happy in wet and dry soil.
By the end of July here (Chicago area), the leaves...Read More start scorching and looking crappy, so I cut down to the emerging leaves underneath, and within a week it has grown into a mound of fresh, green leaves, with a second flush of flowers.

I love this plant. I grow it through a grid support in one spot and let it wander in another. Very trouble free and low maintenance. I...Read More'd call the bloom color more coral and dark red. It blooms for a couple of months, and I trim and deadhead periodically. When it finally quits blooming, I cut it back to a small shrub. I've divided mine 2-3 times now and it seems to thrive everywhere - except one friend's yard where the deer made a meal of it.

I planted this flower at the front and center of my bed and it was a nice addition. It blooms brightly all summer long and its long stem...Read Mores creep through and up the coneflowers and black-eyed susans, popping up in unexpected places! At the end of the summer, I just trimmed back the wandering stems and it is back to a neat clump in front. It gets about five hours of sun each day, from 1:00 PM onward.