Potentilla - Dakota Goldrush®
Dakota Goldrush® Potentilla, Potentilla fruticosa 'Absaraka', is a hardy selection with deep yellow flowers and dark green foliage. The dwarf growth habit and flowers that bloom profusely from early summer to late fall combine to create a beautiful plant for the landscape. The flowers are profuse, yellow-gold and 1 to 1 ˝ inches across. Dakota Goldrush® continues to flower until killing frosts occur. This cultivar is similar to the cultivar ‘Jackmanii’, but is more dwarf and flowers more profusely at the end of the season. This compact shrub will mature at 2 to 4 feet tall with a spread of 4 feet. Potentilla is a deciduous shrub that does best in full sun and will flower all summer if trimmed in late June or July. You can plant it with the assurance that it will live. It requires little, if no care once established. It is compact and free flowering. It can be used as a foundation plant, in the perennial border, in mass planting, as a low hedge and even as a specimen. ... more info
Barberry-Red Leaf Japanese The Barberry bush or RedLeaf Japanese bush, Berberis thunbergii, is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 24" tall and about 30" wide. The branches are slender, spiny, and small, and the leaves are roundly oval in a deep red to purple color. The small, yellow flowers borne beneath leaves, from April to May, are not showy. Bright red berries can be found along stems from late fall through winter. Ironically, this is never really considered a feature of this plant. Barberry bushes are best located in full sun. This plant is tolerant of many types of soil, but will not do well in wet to very moist soils. As name Barberry implies, this makes an excellent hedge or filler shrub.
