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Colorado Sunshine potentilla
Dasiphora fruticosa 'Colorado Sunshine'
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Potentilla fruticosa 'Colorado Sunshine'
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Wetland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Long Blooming
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is a native selection, that was originally collected from the Poudre Canyon. It is an important larval food source for eight specialist butterflies and adult food source for four bee and five specialist butterfly species.