Potentilla fruticosa Crème Brûlée - Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Crème Brûlée - Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Crème Brûlée - Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Crème Brûlée - Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Creme brulée (Creme Brulee)
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Hardhack, Prairie weed, Widdy
Very cute little potentilla, planted – more to follow. Thanks to the team.
Nath44, 28/08/2025
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Description
Potentilla fruticosa 'Creme Brulée' forms a small, bushy and rounded shrub, offering pretty white double flowers all summer long, which contrast beautifully with elegantly cut dark green foliage. This new American variety is particularly robust and extremely hardy and has its place in all gardens. It is also suitable for beginner gardeners.
Potentilla fruticosa is a woody shrub belonging to the Rosaceae family. The 'Creme Brulée' variety is a deciduous and dense shrub of small size, measuring 80 cm (32in) to 1 m (3ft) in height and 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28in) in width. It forms a well-branched, rounded bush. Its deciduous foliage is dark green. The elegantly cut leaves are covered with white hairs, giving a silky and silver appearance. Its delicate flowers, resembling small double wild roses, are cup-shaped, 3 cm (1in) in diameter, with cream-white petals and golden stamens. The abundant flowering starts in May/June and lasts until the first frost, if the autumn is mild. More intense at the beginning of summer, these flowers lose some of their vigour during the season.
Generously flowering, easy-care plants, potentillas are ideal for brightening up the garden or balcony. With their Scottish rose-like appearance and their very modest requirements, they can be used in multiple ways and installed anywhere: in flower beds, rockeries, borders, low hedges, pots, etc.
They will look beautiful in the company of Dahlias, Iris germanica, Achilleas, Roses, and Rudbeckia. They will ideally combine with Mediterranean plants (Lavender, Rosemary, Rockrose, Fennel, Pittosporum) for a warm and fragrant ambiance. To create a very graphic scene, they can be paired with plants with a more slender or tousled habit (Phormiums, Grasses, Euphorbias, Crocosmias). On a slope or a rockery, where they will be ideally placed if your garden soil is heavy or clay, they blend with dwarf or creeping Conifers, creeping Ceanothus, or landscape Roses.
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Plant habit
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Botanical data
Potentilla
fruticosa
Creme brulée (Creme Brulee)
Rosaceae
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Hardhack, Prairie weed, Widdy
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Very easy to grow, Potentilla fruticosa 'Crème Brûlée' is very hardy and can withstand very low temperatures (-30°C (-22°F)). It prefers a sunny or semi-shaded position. Its only real requirement concerns the nature of the soil where it is planted. It requires ordinary, poor, sandy or even stony and well-drained soil. In the case of heavy or clay soils that are unsuitable for it, it should be placed on a slope or a rockery to improve water drainage. It is also possible to lighten the soil at the time of planting by adding sand and gravel to help with drainage. It is also drought tolerant once established. The shrubby Potentilla does not require much maintenance. It flowers on the shoots of the same year, and a simple annual pruning is necessary to refresh it. It is recommended to prune back the stems that have borne flowers the previous year in early spring, just above a bud, in order to stimulate regrowth and maintain the beautifully bushy shape of your Potentilla. It is also desirable to remove faded flowers to encourage flowering to continue for a long time.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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