If your garden is full of sun, many great shrubs will love it, producing fabulous flowers and interesting berries. If you’re ...

Potentilla. Potentilla, or cinquefoil, is a small flowering shrub sometimes used as a groundcover for erosion control. It’s also drought-tolerant, which makes it suitable for both commercial and ...

Potentilla does not mind sharing space with other plants so it is quite at home in a mixed shrub bed. It also has enough textural interest because of its finely cut foliage to act as a accent plant.

Q: I would like to plant a potentilla shrub this spring, but I’m wondering if there’s a reason not to. I’ve been told that potentillas used to be very common in the area, but have fallen out ...

Shrubs are the backbone of any good garden, enclosing garden "rooms" and framing views all year-round. Flowers are mere frills, fleeting spots and masses of color. Plant flowering shrubs, and you ...