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    POTENTILLA
    POTENTILLA
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    POTENTILLA

    Commonly known as Buttercup Shrub

    Best colour in dull weather conditions. All Flower JUN-OCT

    Genus of about 330 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials and a few annuals and biennials found throughout the northern hemisphere in habitats ranging from meadows to mountain screes.

    10 or more natives including the rare native P. fruticosa, Shrubby Cinquefoil, other Cinquefoils, Silverweed and the four-petalled Tormentil.

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    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Alkaline / Chalk loving
    • Bee friendly
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    varieties
    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Abbotswood'
    The best white
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Bellissima'
    Pink flowers with yellow centre.
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Double Punch Peach'
    Double peach-flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available Early Spring 2026
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Elizabeth'
    Canary-yellow
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Princess'
    Soft pink
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available Early Spring 2026
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Red Ace'
    Red
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    POTENTILLA fruticosa 'Tangerine'
    Orange
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    POTENTILLA 'Gibson's Scarlet'
    Bright red dazzling flowers with black centre
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
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    Available from December to January
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    POTENTILLA nepalensis 'Miss Willmott'
    Pink flowers with a dark centre
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
    POTENTILLA 'William Rollison'
    Striking orange flame colour
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
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    Available Early Spring 2026
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    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
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    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
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    £6.50
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    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
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    £3.00
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    £6.00
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