Botanical profile

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Happy Face Orange’

Latin name
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Happy Face Orange’
Common name
Shrubby cinquefoil 'Happy Face Orange'
Type
Ornamental shrub
Family
Rosaceae

Potentilla fruticosa ‘Happy Face Orange’, known as shrubby cinquefoil ‘Happy Face Orange’, is an ornamental deciduous shrub remarkable for its vibrant orange flowers that bloom profusely from spring to autumn, bringing warmth and brightness to beds, borders, and rock gardens. Its bushy, compact, and regular habit is suitable for both solitary plantings and group compositions or low flowering hedges. Adapted to sunny to semi-shaded exposures and tolerant of a wide variety of well-drained soils, this potentilla attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, enriching garden biodiversity. Hardy and easy to grow, ‘Happy Face Orange’ offers generous, low-maintenance flowering, ideal for structuring landscape spaces throughout the summer and autumn seasons.

Care guide

Growing conditions

Light, soil, water and hardiness

Hardiness zone
Zone 2
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Watering
Moderate
Fertilization
Light organic amendment in spring
Soil type
Well drained
Minimum temperature
-40 °C (-40 °F)
Plant appearance

Blooming, foliage and shape

Blooming period
Spring to Fall
Flower color
Orange
Fruiting
Small, not very ornamental dried fruits
Foliage color
Green
Foliage type
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Shape
Bushy / compact
Garden structure

Size and growth

Height
60 cm (24 in)
Width
90 cm (35 in)
Growth rate
Moderate
Vegetable garden and yield

Companion planting, spacing and harvest

Harvest period
TRUE
Pet friendly
Safe for pets

Pets

Butterflies
Plants that attract butterflies

Butterflies

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