Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Potentillas (cinquefoil) are perennials with pretty, strawberry-like flowers and leaves from spring to midsummer. They’re perfect for adding colour to a well-drained herbaceous border.
Potentilla recta ‘Alba’, also known as sulphur cinquefoil, is a vigorous perennial that bears gleaming white flowers on upright, reddish stems in summer. It's a good choice for the front of a sunny border.
Grow Potentilla recta ‘Alba’ in moist but well-drained soil. Deadhead the flowers to ensure more are produced. After flowering, cut back the flower stems to ground level.
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Potentilla ‘Alba’ and wildlife
Potentilla ‘Alba’ is known for attracting bees and beneficial insects. It has nectar/pollen rich flowers.