A hardy perennial whose foliage looks like a strawberry plant. Forms a low spreading clump topped with 12 inch branches.
Pronunciation
(po-ten-TILL-a)(ne-pal-EN-sis)
Plant Type
All Plants, Perennials Hardy
Hardiness Zone
5-9
Sunlight
full, mostly sunny
Moisture
average, drought tolerant once established
Soil & Site
average
Flowers
cherry-pink to red petals, dark almost black center, held above the foliage about a foot on branching stems, heavy bloom in late spring early summer, sporadically throughout the summer
Leaves
palmately compound leaves
Dimensions
12 inches tall with the flower stems, foliage low spreading
Propagation
division, seeds
Native Site
Nepal
Misc Facts
"Miss Willmott' is named for the English gardening fanatic Ellen Ann Willmott (1860-1934). She was the wealthy patron of Alfred Parson, whom she commissioned to provide botanical paintings of the specimens in her rose garden". (#161)
Author's Notes
This plant seems to be very hardy. We have some plants growing in a garden at the garden center and they seem to do just fine on their own. Best used in groups so that the weak flowering stems can support each other.