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Happy Face Hearts® Potentilla fruticosa

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
2' 2' 61cm 61cm
Height: 12" - 2'
Spread: 12" - 2'
Height: 30cm - 61cm
Spread: 30cm - 61cm
  • Details

    12 - 24 Inches
    12 - 24 Inches
    12 - 24 Inches
    30cm - 61cm
    30cm - 61cm
    30cm - 61cm

    Features

    The prettiest potentilla!

    Most people plant potentilla because they just need something tough. And Happy Face Hearts potentilla is that - but it's also pretty enough to feature in your landscape. It's covered in flowers from spring until frost. Each bloom starts out with a cheery yellow center which then feathers into white for an apple blossom-like effect. Bright green foliage is lightly furry, which deters deer and rabbits. Available in better garden centers in spring 2018.

    Top reasons to grow Happy Face Hearts® potentiilla:

    - Blooms from spring til frost - one of the longest blooming shrubs you'll find.

    - Extremely cold hardy. 

    - Resistant to deer and rabbits.

    Long Blooming
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Rabbits
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Spacing: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Pink
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Flower Colors: 
    Yellow
    Flower Shade: 
    Pink
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Fall
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Fall
    Hardiness Zones: 
    2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Groundcover
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Due to its extreme toughness and long bloom time, potentilla is a versatile landscape plant. It is often planted en masse in parking lots and traffic islands, but at home, it works well as an edging, foundation planting, or even among many other plants in a flower garden.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Potentilla is easy to grow and fairly care-free, but it will benefit from a trim every few seasons to renew its vigor and coverage. Do this in early spring. If it gets very hot, the pink color will be less intense, but it will return quickly when temperatures cool down a bit. 

    Fun Facts: 

    This species of potentilla (now called Dasiphora fruticosa by some) has a huge native range across North America, including all of Canada.

    Happy Face Hearts® Potentilla fruticosa 'SMNPPS' USPP 30,710, Can 6,517
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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • I bought two of these after hearing them recommended on the gardening simplified podcast. They are in their second growing season, planted in full sun. I regret buying them. The first year they bloomed some, but sometimes the blooms were pink and sometimes they were white. This year they haven't bloomed once. They fill space but don't offer much else.

      Kate
      , 8 weeks ago
    • I purchased 3 Happy Face Hearts shrubs last year and planted them in my full sun borders. They were healthy and in bloom when I purchased and planted them and had a few small pink flowers. This year, I have had one flush of barely pink small flowers and long periods of no flowers at all. These plants are not performing as described by Proven winners.

      Sandie
      , Massachusetts
      , United States
      , 11 weeks ago
    • This plant struggled to bloom once ordered and planted in the ground. After a month in the summer zone 7b heat all leaves fell and plant branches are very dry. I scratched at the wood and there is some green life underneath. I will see if I can replant in container and move to a part shade area.

      A. Slaton
      , North Carolina
      , United States
      , 3 years ago
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