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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla)

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

Dasiphora fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa)

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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry
Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla)

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

Shrubby Cinquefoil is a small, deciduous flowering shrub. This hardy species is densely covered with leaves and produces pale to bright yellow buttercup-shaped flowers terminally on the stems.

Flowering typically occurs from early to late summer. Shrubby Cinquefoil is a popular ornamental shrub choice and is capable of growing on a variety of sites.

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry Quick Facts

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Fall colour: yellow
Flowers: bright yellow cup-shaped
Berries: red-pink berries
Harvest: mid to late July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, NT, NU
Other Names: tundra rose