Cinquefoil
Potentilla nepalensis 'Ron McBeath'
Rosaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Source of plant
Bluestone Perennials
Description
Ron McBeath™ is a compact cultivar that grows to only 12 tall. It features single flowers (1 diameter) of carmine rose with dark red centers, each flower having five separated and evenly-spaced, heart-shaped petals. Blooms in late spring through much of the summer. Each palmate leaf has five hairy, coarsely toothed, obovate to oblanceolate leaflets. Cultivar name honors Ron McBeath, a former assistant curator of plants at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5