All species tolerate frost
There are numerous more or less common types of cinquefoil. Most of them are low-growing and partly ground-covering plants that have typical fingered foliage and small flowers in summer.
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The following species can tolerate frost down to -29 ° C in protected areas (down to -20 ° in unprotected areas).
- Blood-red cinquefoil (Potentilla atrosanguinea)
- Tormentilla (Potentilla tormentilla)
- Spring cinquefoil (Potentilla neumanniana)
- Gold cinquefoil (Potentilla aurea)
- White cinquefoil (Potentilla alba)
- Dwarf fingerwort (Potentilla brauneana)
- Hill cinquefoil (Potentilla collina)
- Gray cinquefoil (Potentilla inclinata)
- Reddish cinquefoil (Potentilla heptaphylla)
These species are also considered to be sufficiently frost hardy for our latitudes:
- Perching cinquefoil (Potentilla anglica)
- Sand cinquefoil (Potentilla incana)
- Silver cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)
- Limestone cinquefoil (Potentilla caulescens)
- Glacier cinquefoil (Potentilla frigida)
- Small-flowered cinquefoil (Potentilla micrantha)
- Middle cinquefoil (Potentilla intermedia)
- Norwegian cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)
- High cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
- Rock cinquefoil (Potentilla rupestris)
The finger bush - an enviable frost hardiness
The finger shrub, which also belongs to the finger herbs, stands out from these perennials, although it is referred to as a 'shrub'. It is called in botanical terms Potentilla fruticosa and surprises with an enormous winter hardiness of -45 ° C! That it will be damaged by frost - no matter which one Locationis as good as unlikely.
Most cinquefoil species come from Europe
All cinquefoil species not only have an excellent frost hardiness in common. Another thing they have in common is that they all live in Europe or Find parts of Europe. They are also found in many other areas of the world such as Asia and North Africa.
Before winter - pruning
Some finger herbs should be cut back just above the ground before the onset of winter. These include the deciduous species. The evergreen to evergreen species do not need pruning. With their foliage, they protect themselves from moisture from snow and ice in winter.
Tips
Even in the pot, finger herbs can easily be overwintered outside on the balcony. You should only enclose the planter with fleece when the temperatures drop below -10 ° C.