| Description | A hardy perennial whose foliage looks like a strawberry plant. Forms a low spreading clump topped with 12 inch branches. |
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| 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. |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #161-Paghat's Gardens (www.paghat.com) |
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