Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs Hedge Rose - TreeTime.ca

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs Hedge Rose

Rosa rugosa x Rosa woodsii (Improved hybrid developed by PFRA)

Dasiphora fruticosa syn. Potentilla fruticosa

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Hedge Rose
Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla)

Hedge Rose is a long-lived, fast-growing shrub. It bears similar flowers to the Alberta Wild Rose. Birds will love its deep red rose hips. Hedge Rose will thrive in a wide variety of soils and is a tall rose forming a useful hedge.

Excellent for shelterbelts, ecobuffers, and wildlife habitat plantings. Continuous flowering makes it attractive to pollinators. Many song and game birds utilize this tree for food and habitat.

In use since the early 1900s, this hybrid was originally developed at the PFRA's Indian Head Agroforestry Center.

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.