Potentilla encompasses herbaceous perennials, deciduous shrubs, and annuals. Their foliage is either palmately or pinnately divided, and they produce solitary or clustered flowers that are saucer-shaped with five petals, blooming over an extended season.

Potentilla

Potentilla 'Alan Bloom'

Potentilla 'Arc-en-ciel' is a herbaceous perennial that develops a dense clump of dark green, palmate leaves resembling those of strawberries. The stems can reach heights of up to 45 cm and produce loose clusters of dark red flowers, which vary from semi-double to double in form. The petals feature delicate yellow edges that expand as the blooms mature. This cultivar is known for its extended blooming period and maintains a relatively upright growth habit.

Potentilla 'Arc-en-ciel'

Potentilla 'Aurora Plena' (d)

Potentilla 'Blazeaway' is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a height of 30 cm. It features finely divided green foliage and produces pink-orange blooms from summer into autumn.

Potentilla 'Blazeaway'

Potentilla 'Congo'

Potentilla 'Coronation Triumph'

Potentilla 'Craigieburn Cochineal'

Potentilla 'Custard and Cream'

Potentilla 'Cyril'

Potentilla 'Emilie' is a clump-forming perennial that features green, strawberry-shaped foliage, reaching up to 45 cm in width. Throughout the summer, it produces semi-double flowers in mahogany red, accented with ruffled yellow margins, held aloft on stems that rise to 45 cm.

Potentilla 'Emilie' (d)

This perennial grows in clumps, typically reaching a height of 30 cm. It features finely divided green foliage and produces deep yellow flowers with five petals, each displaying a red base. Blooming occurs from summer through autumn.

Potentilla 'Esta Ann'

Potentilla 'Etna' is a clump-forming perennial that grows to a height of 30 cm. It features finely divided green foliage and produces semi-double, deep red blooms from summer through autumn.

Potentilla 'Etna'

Potentilla 'Fireflame'

Potentilla 'Flambeau' is a perennial that forms clumps and grows to a height of 30 cm. It features divided green foliage and produces semi-double, deep red blooms from summer through autumn.

Potentilla 'Flambeau' (d)

This herbaceous perennial forms a dense clump with green, strawberry-shaped foliage that can spread up to 50 cm wide. It produces deep, velvety red semi-double blossoms on tall stems reaching 40 cm, blooming continuously throughout the summer.

Potentilla 'Flamboyant' (d)

Potentilla 'Flamenco' is a clump-forming perennial that reaches a height of up to 45 centimeters. It features lobed, dark green foliage and produces vibrant scarlet-red blooms from late spring through midsummer.

Potentilla 'Flamenco'

Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet' is a herbaceous perennial that develops a clump of dark green, palmate foliage. The stems can reach up to 45 cm in height and support loose clusters of single flowers, each measuring 3 cm across, featuring bright scarlet petals with dark centers.

Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'

Potentilla 'Gloire de Nancy' (d)

Potentilla 'Gold Kugel'

Potentilla 'Hamlet'

Potentilla 'Harlow Cream'

Potentilla 'Herzblut'

Potentilla 'Inverewe'

Potentilla 'Jack Elliot'

Potentilla 'Lemon Drops'

Potentilla 'Lemon Me'

Potentilla 'Light My Fire' is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial characterized by its green foliage and a compact growth habit reaching about 45 cm in width. Throughout the summer, it produces open, saucer-shaped pink blooms featuring a red center, which are supported by long flower stems that can grow up to 70 cm.

Potentilla 'Light My Fire'

Potentilla 'Majland' is a herbaceous perennial that forms clumps and typically reaches a height of around 40 cm. Its leaves are composed of five leaflets and have a soft, hairy texture. From mid-summer through early autumn, this plant produces light orange, saucer-shaped blooms.

Potentilla 'Majland'

Potentilla 'Melton Fire'

Potentilla 'Melton'

This perennial, which forms clumps, features finely dissected leaves in shades of mid to dark green. Throughout the summer, it produces abundant flowers that are dark red with yellow markings, appearing as either semi-double or double blooms measuring up to 3 cm in diameter.

Potentilla 'Monsieur Rouillard' (d)

Potentilla 'Mont d'Or'

Potentilla 'Olympic Mountains'

Potentilla 'Orange Glow'

Potentilla 'Pheasant Eye'

Potentilla 'Pink Orleans'

Potentilla 'Red Giant'

Potentilla 'Roulette'

Potentilla 'Roxanne' is a perennial that grows in clumps, reaching a height of up to 45 cm. It features finely divided green foliage and produces a profusion of semi-double, vibrant orange blooms with yellow centers throughout the summer months.

Potentilla 'Roxanne' (d)

Potentilla 'Songbird'

Potentilla 'Southcombe White'

Potentilla 'Star of the North'

Potentilla 'Strawberry Temptation'

Potentilla 'Suke'

Potentilla 'Sungold' is a compact deciduous shrub that reaches a height of up to 75 cm. It features small, pinnate leaves in a deep green shade. From late spring through early autumn, this plant produces vibrant yellow, single blooms.

Potentilla 'Sungold'

Potentilla 'Sutton's Salmon Beauty'

Potentilla 'Twinkling Star' is a low-growing perennial that forms dense clumps, featuring dark green foliage reminiscent of strawberry plants, reaching up to 30 cm in width. From May through September, it produces sizable, cup-shaped apricot flowers marked by a deep red center, held on stems that rise to about 30 cm.

Potentilla 'Twinkling Star'

Potentilla 'Velours Pourpre'

Potentilla 'Versicolor Plena' (d)

Potentilla 'Vogue'

This low-growing plant features dark green, strawberry-like foliage that can expand to a width of 60 cm. From early summer until late summer, it produces semi-double dark red blooms on tall stems that reach up to 45 cm in height.

Potentilla 'Volcan'

Potentilla 'White Beauty'

Potentilla 'White Queen'

Potentilla 'William Rollisson' is a herbaceous perennial that grows in clumps, reaching heights of up to 45 cm. It features dark green, divided leaves and produces loose clusters of semi-double flowers that are orange-red, with yellow undersides to the petals. This plant blooms throughout the summer months.

Potentilla 'William Rollisson' (d)

A perennial that forms dense clumps, Potentilla 'Yellow Queen' features finely divided green foliage and produces an abundance of bright yellow, semi-double blooms throughout the summer months.

Potentilla 'Yellow Queen' (d)

Potentilla Scarlet Dreams

Potentilla aff. cuneata

Potentilla aff. lineata

Potentilla aff. polyphylla

Potentilla alba is a low-growing perennial that typically reaches a height of 15 cm. It features leaves composed of five distinct leaflets and produces white flowers with five petals, which bloom for an extended period during the spring season. This species has a spreading growth habit and showcases a blue-green foliage.

Potentilla alba

Potentilla alba 'Snow White'

Potentilla albigens

Potentilla alchemilloides is an upright perennial that typically reaches a height of approximately 30 cm. It features palmately lobed green leaves. From early summer to autumn, this plant produces five-petaled white blossoms.

Potentilla alchemilloides

Potentilla alpicola

Potentilla alpina Dalla Torre

Potentilla ancistrifolia var. dickinsii

Potentilla andicola

Potentilla anglica

Potentilla anserina is a perennial wildflower that typically reaches a height of around 12 cm and propagates through runners. Its foliage features a double arrangement of leaflets with serrated margins, giving it a silvery appearance due to a fine layer of fine hairs. During late spring and summer, it produces yellow flowers with five petals. This species shows some resilience to foot traffic.

Potentilla anserina

Potentilla anserina 'Golden Treasure' (v)

Potentilla anserina 'Ortie' (v)

Potentilla anserina 'Shine'

Potentilla anserina 'Variegata' (v)

Potentilla anserinoides

Potentilla apennina

Potentilla arbuscula 'Gold Carpet'

Potentilla arenaria

Potentilla argentea is a perennial plant characterized by its slender, upright or spreading stems that reach approximately 30 cm in height. Its palmate leaves consist of five narrow leaflets, which are covered in a soft white fuzz on their undersides. During late spring and into summer, this species produces clusters of small, five-petaled flowers in a shade of sulphur-yellow.

Potentilla argentea

Potentilla argentea 'Calabre'

Potentilla argentea 'Nana'

Potentilla argentea glabra

Potentilla argentea var. calabrica

Potentilla arguta

Potentilla argyrophylla 'Alfred Salter'

Potentilla argyrophylla insignis rubra

Potentilla articulata

Potentilla astracanica

Potentilla astragalifolia

This perennial plant develops into a dense clump featuring three-lobed leaves that are densely covered in fine hairs. In summer, it produces loose clusters of flowers that can be red, orange, or yellow, borne on slender stems.

Potentilla atrosanguinea

Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Chadwell's Tibetan Velvet'

Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Fireball' (d)

Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Sundermannii'

Potentilla atrosanguinea aurea

This semi-evergreen perennial grows to a height of 50 cm. Its tidy foliage consists of five leaflets that are green and covered in silvery hairs, creating a subtle white-edged effect. Throughout the summer and into early autumn, it produces yellow flowers with five petals, each featuring an orange base.

Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla

This semi-evergreen perennial grows up to 30 cm in height. Its compact foliage consists of green leaves with five leaflets, adorned with silvery hairs that create a white-edged effect. Throughout the summer and into early autumn, it produces vibrant yellow flowers with five petals.

Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Golden Starlit'

Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Orange Starlit'

This compact perennial reaches a height of up to 30 cm and forms dense clumps. Its leaves are dark green, serrated, and divided into three lobes, with fine hairs that impart a silvery sheen. In summer and early autumn, it bears deep red flowers on branching stems.