Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs White Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs White Meadowsweet

Dasiphora fruticosa syn. Potentilla fruticosa

Spiraea alba

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Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla)
White Meadowsweet

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.

White Meadowsweet is a woody, deciduous shrub that begins to bloom in early summer with small white and pink flowers. Its foliage turns from a light green into an attractive golden-yellow later in the fall.

The White Meadowsweet, also known as Mead-Wort or Bride-Wort, is favored by birds and butterflies but is largely ignored by deer. They produce small brown berries in the summer, and while they are technically edible, they are not sweet and are more desired by wildlife.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 3a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: bright yellow cup-shaped
Flowers: white, small
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high




Other Names: tundra rose
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem