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Potentilla ‘Don Quichotte’


Description:

Historic Potentilla cultivar with rich red flowers and a compact, bushy habit, reaching around 50cm. An ornamental garden hybrid of uncertain parentage, associated with the François Gerbeaux nursery in Nancy, France. ‘Don Quichotte’ was commercially available from Gerbeaux by 1909, although its exact introduction date and breeder remain unconfirmed.

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/

Image by Elizabeth Edwards. Licensed under CC BY 4.0

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