Potentilla - Mango Tango™

$15.95

Mango Tango™ Potentilla, Potentilla fruticosa 'UMan' (PP12,258), has striking and unusual bicolor flowers with petals of orange-red radiating to yellow, blooming all summer long above the bright green summer foliage. The plant has a tidy form and attains a mature height and width of approximately 2 feet. It is suited to a wide range of soil types and growing conditions. Mango Tango is a slow to medium growing plant developing into a compact and dwarf shrub. Potentilla is a deciduous shrub that does best in full sun and will flower all summer if trimmed in late June or July, along with fertilizer and water. Its great as foundation plantings, in borders or alone in smaller landscapes. The flowers show an intensity of red during the cooler weather. 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. ... more

Rose of Sharon-Jeanne DArc This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. Very tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring.