| Description | An improved version of the older Miss Willmot Potentilla. Has carmine red flowers on sprawling stems. |
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| Pronunciation | (ne-pa-LEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single, carmine red flowers, dark red center, heart-shaped petals, has one big flush of flowers followed by a few flowers throughout the summer |
| Leaves | most of leaves are basal, palmately compound, coarse serration |
| Dimensions | 12-15 inches tall |
| Maintenance | cut back the flowering stalks to the basal folaige after they are done flowering |
| Propagation | seeds, division can be a bit difficult |
| Native Site | Native to the Himalayas in Nepal. |
| Cultivar Origin | Cultivar named after Ron McBeath, a former assistant curator of plants at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| Author's Notes | We have Ron McBEth planted in gardens around the garden center. It definitely is hardy in zone #5. Gets messy towards the middle to end of summer but perks back up after a good hair cut. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage) |
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