Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet's has been flowering in my garden border for weeks now, and it's still doing so. It's not a showy plant but the buttercup-shaped flowers, which are about 2.5cm (1in) diameter are very beautiful and the attractive, rambling foliage is great for ground cover.
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| Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet' - macro photograph |
The label says that Potentilla Monarch's Velvet has a long succession of rich raspberry red flowers with darker centres above clumps of mid-green serrated foliage. It is suitable for borders, in sun, on moist but well-drained soil. It flowers mid summer to early autumn and achieves a height of 60cm (24in) x 45cm (18in).
I would point out that the plant over all is not so tall and it seems to be only the flower stems that reach 60cm. Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet' has more of a sprawling habit.
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| Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet' - macro photograph |
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| Potentilla 'Monarch's Velvet' foliage |
