Goldstar Potentilla

Love sunny color in your yard, but prefer to keep things nice and easy? Try the durable, sweet little Goldstar Potentilla (Potentilla fruiticosa Goldstar') across your landscape. Its easy charm, and enormous flower power can perform like a champ without any fuss or muss.

This is a mounding deciduous shrub that stays compact and is nicely branched. It looks full and lush all season. The fine-textured leaves seem graceful but the chipper little blooms and easy care nature? Goldstar Potentilla is like planting sunshine!

If you have rocky, thin or poor soils, try this rugged native shrub. It grows across a wide range of climates. It can really handle the bright sunshine. If you have a hot spot in your yard, this is an invaluable flowering plant.

Commonly called a Shrubby cinquefoil referring to the leaves, Goldstar Potentilla is an extremely popular little shrub beloved for its prolific, showy bloom of bright, yellow flowers all summer long. The 5-petaled, 1 to 2-inch, single blossoms are so bright and sunny that your shrub will appear to be covered in "gold stars" throughout the season.

Goldstar has one of the largest flowers of the cultivars. It begins blooming 2 weeks earlier than the popular Goldfinger selection. More compact and densely branched, this is the perfect flowering shrub for those with limited space.

In fact, from late spring right up until the first frost, Goldstar's splash of bright color will be a near-constant source of attention in your yard. The light green, pinnate leaves do a terrific job of filling out around the starry blossoms, the perfect backdrop for the intense blooms.

Butterflies adore this bright shrub, and so will you! Order yours today.

How to Use Goldstar Potentilla in the Landscape

Just about every yard can use a few right-sized Goldstar Potentilla. They are versatile and can fill many landscape applications.

They are fantastic as an attractive border along your perennial garden. Plant them 2 feet apart on center to create a solid low hedge. You'll measure from the center of one to the center of the next.

Get ready for compliments! You can decide if you want to spill the beans about how incredibly easy these tough little plants really are.

Try them as a mass planting to cover ground in a wide area. They'll prevent erosion on slopes and creek beds, too.

For mass planting, use staggered, zig-zagging rows to fill in your planting pattern 2 feet on center. Mulch between plants and keep the new planting weeded until Goldstar fills in completely.

Use a few in each of your garden beds to help tie the whole design together. Add them as Fillers in large containers and be sure to include one or two for some colorful accents by your front door.

Wherever you use plant them, get ready to see the butterflies dancing! Nature loves the color yellow, and Goldstar delivers this sunny hue in spades.

They can even be used in city environments. In fact, Potentilla is a go-to, low plant for many urban designers. There aren't many ground-hugging flowering shrubs that put up with road salt, pet traffic and pollution. This winning little shrub takes it all and just smiles in the sun.

#ProPlantTips for Care

Goldstar is a hardy plant, mildew resistant and does well in cold climates. It's tolerant of poor soils and urban environments. This sun lover will definitely perform best with full sun. Give it at least 6 hours of sunlight a day.

In dry Zone 8, plant it where it will receive protection from the worst of the afternoon sun. It doesn't do well in extreme humidity, so gardeners in the Southeast may have to admire it on trips to the north.

Once established, this plant requires little water. Give new plants regular water during the first season. In extreme heat, we say that it's a good idea to protect your investment with a bit of supplemental water. Watch your plant for any sign of stress.

Recommended on many Firescaping/Fire wise lists, the Goldstar Potentilla becomes a valuable plant in areas where firescapes are required for safety.

Plant in areas with good drainage, but the Goldstar is not particular about soil and can tolerate a wide range of soil types.

Prune after flowering to keep plants in featured areas looking manicured and neat. Cut them back hard in late winter when needed to rejuvenate them. When naturalized, it requires no pruning.

Goldstar Potentilla is a very popular ornamental shrub for good reason. It's hard to do better than a rugged, carefree shrub that produces brilliant, "stars" of color all summer long. Pest and disease free, this plant is the perfect landscape plant for almost any purpose.

Reward yourself by ordering Goldstar Potentilla from the experts at Nature Hills today! You deserve this trusty little bloomer to brighten up your landscape.