Re: Potentilla (was Yellow Perennials/Woodies)

Lee Corbin wrote:

>For a more severe climate a Shrubby Potentilla might be nice. They are 
winter hardy in most areas and produce pretty yellow (and other colors 
in the Hybrid types) flowers in summer.
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Since you mentioned potentilla...I planted some from seed last year (I 
don't recall the variety--I have it noted somewhere), and I've been 
really disappointed with their performance.  I had visions of, as you 
say, a shrubby plant.  What I have instead is stems.  Each plant grew 3 
or 4 stems, about 2 1/2 feet long, with a few very small blossoms on the 
tips.  The rest of the stem is bare, and pretty much grows horizontally.  
Not at all what I had in mind!

They are planted in a bed along a sidewalk, in fairly poor soil that 
dries quickly.  Part of the bed is in the sun most of the time, and part 
of it is shaded in the afternoon.  I haven't tested the soil in that 
particular bed, but our soil overall tends to be acidic.  Any ideas what 
I'm doing wrong, or is this just the habit of this plant?

Thanks,
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
(where it was only in the low 90's this weekend, with a few clouds, but 
still no rain)

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