In nature, there are about 500 species of Potentilla, among them grassy and shrubs. In landscape design, they are used both. Indeed, in addition to its beneficial medicinal properties, silverweed and ornamental plant.
Planting Potentilla shrub in the garden
The cinquefoil shrub is not capricious in the care, planting and growing a plant is also not a big deal.
When and where is better to plant
The best time for planting will be the beginning of spring, after the snow melts. The soil should be heated. When choosing a place for a plant, keep in mind that the bush has been living in the same place for many years without transplants. The best lit area, but direct sunlight is desirable in the morning or evening, when the sun is less aggressive. The bright petals of some species under the influence of ultraviolet fade. In the full shadow there is a risk not to wait for the potentilla to bloom.
How to prepare the ground for planting
Planting Potentilla shrub spring is better to produce in fertile soils, facilitated by drainage. The landing well is prepared in advance. Gravel or any other material for drainage fall asleep at the bottom, then fall asleep with prepared soil. The composition is prepared from humus, leaf soil and sand in a proportion of 2: 2: 1, there also add a complex mineral composition - 150 g. The soil must fill the hole to half.
Important! It is preferable to use lime gravel for drainage, it contains calcium, which plants need for growth and development.
Scheme and procedure of landing
The depth of the hole is about 50 cm, lay the seedling on the bottom, straighten the roots and sprinkle, leaving the root neck on the surface. Pour with soil, pour in plenty and mulch with sawdust. If you plant several bushes, make a distance between holes of 60 to 80 cm between the holes.
Combination with other plants
The narrow leaves of the fingers form a patterned fluffy crown and retain a juicy green color until late autumn, which makes it possible to combine potentilla in landscape design with early-flowering plants and blooming late. Potentilla coexists well with geyher, barberry, cotoneaster and host. The plant perfectly complements the composition with heather, spirea and rhododendron deciduous. It looks interesting combination with juniper. Bright and elegant will be beds with cinquefoil and catnip, lavender and hyssop.
Did you know? The curative properties of Potentilla help not only to people, Potentilla is very actively used in veterinary medicine, in particular, as a hemostatic agent.
Features care for Potentilla shrub in the garden
The care of the cinquefoil shrub will be minimized if, after planting, you have mulched the tree trunk. In this case, the weeds will not grow heavily. It is imperative to care for loosening the soil, but do it very carefully so as not to hook the roots of the plant.
How to water
After planting, young plants should be watered once a week, about 3 liters of water under a bush. In hot weather, increase watering up to 2 times a week with a large volume of water. An adult plant usually has enough rainfall. The main condition - the soil should be moderately wet. After watering, loosen up to 10 cm deep and mulch the tree trunk.
How often and how to feed
How and what to feed the silverweed:
- In the period of development and growth, in the spring, potassium (sulphate) and phosphate are introduced. Diluted compositions of 30 g per bucket of water (for one bush).
- During the formation of buds, the plant is fed potassium phosphate fertilizer. The composition can be purchased any for flowering plants.
How to trim a shrub palm
Pruning shrubs carried out either in spring or autumn. Broken, dry and weak branches are removed from the bush. To give a certain form, remove the branches that protrude from the general shape of the crown. Old bushes (more than 7 years old) rejuvenate, cutting off old shoots to a third of their length. Rejuvenate every year to complete renewal of the bush. 
Frost resistance of Potentilla perennial
Potentilla seedlings in the first winter should be protected from freezing. Spud the bush, covering the bare stems at the base, insulate with a layer of peat or humus, then lapnik or special covering material is laid.
Adult plants of Potentilla shrub in winter do not need shelter, the bush is resistant to frost. With such plants you need to remove dried flowers and remove fallen leaves.
Interesting! The first written mention of cinquefoil is in the treatise "On the properties of herbs" by the medieval physician Odo from the city of Mena. Record dated 1477 year, which is remarkable, there is a detailed drawing of Potentilka.
Disease and pest resistance
Potentilla is not too prone to invasion of pests, the caterpillars are most annoying. To get rid of the pest, treat the plant with insecticides. The procedure is carried out twice, with a break of 2 weeks.
Diseases also bypass the side. The only thing that can destroy a plant is rust (a fungal disease). In this case, spray the bush with aqueous solutions of boron or manganese.
Attention! In order not to treat rust treatment, do not plant it near coniferous trees and bushes. These plants are carriers of the disease.
Vegetative breeding methods of silverweed
The most time-consuming method of propagation of the silverweed is vegetative. Cherenku and propagated by layering in late July - early August. Bushes are dividing in spring, from April to early May, or in autumn in September.
Reproduction by layering
For this method, select the stalk closest to the ground, make an incision on it. Dig a shallow groove and place the escape downwards. To prevent the branch from rising, pin the wire straps. Pour off the layers and moderately water. If the procedure was carried out in spring, by the fall the shoot will take root. Carefully separate it from the donor bush and plant it in a permanent place.
How does the cinquera reproduce by cuttings
Cut cuttings up to 10 cm in length. Choose a shaded area in the garden. Plant the stalk in the ground and cover with a plastic bottle. After planting, 3-4 sprays per day are needed. If the planting of the Potentilla shrub took place in the spring, the buds that appear should be removed: they will interfere with rooting. For the winter, be sure to cover the sapling.
How to split adult bushes
For reproduction by dividing the bush choose a 4-year-old specimen. They dig up the bush (better with fork, so as not to damage the root system), shake off the roots, wash and divide into parts. Each part - delenka should have about 3 buds. Roots process any drug that promotes rooting. When planting, do not deepen the kidneys into the ground. Between landings make a distance of about 40 cm.
When decorating your plot with ornamental plants, do not forget about Potentilla. This perennial and long-flowering plant is a real find for landscape design.
