Is Bush Cinquefoil deer resistant?
Potentilla fruticosa
Plant typeShrubHardinessZones 2–7LightFull sunMature height24–48 inBloomSummer and Fall
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
Native range30 US states
About Bush Cinquefoil
Flowers from June until frost with no attention whatsoever. One of the toughest shrubs you can buy and completely ignored by deer.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 35 to 47 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Bush Cinquefoil
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Arrowwood ViburnumViburnum dentatumZones 2–8Rarely damaged
- BarberryBerberis sp.Zones 4–8, genus rangeRarely damaged
- BayberryMyrica pensylvanicaZones 3–7Rarely damaged
- Blue Mist ShrubCaryopteris clandonensisZones 6–9Rarely damaged
- BoxwoodBuxus sempervirensZones 5–8Rarely damaged
- BroomCytisus sp.Zones 5–8, genus rangeRarely damaged
Where Bush Cinquefoil grows
Hardy across most of these 48 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticutnative
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigannative
- Wisconsinnative
- Ohionative
- Indiananative
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesotanative
- Missouri
- North Carolinanative
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Coloradonative
- Californianative
- Oregonnative
- Washingtonnative
- New Hampshirenative
- Vermontnative
- Mainenative
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowanative
- North Dakotanative
- South Dakotanative
- Montananative
- Wyomingnative
- Idahonative
- Utahnative
- Nevadanative
- Arizonanative
- New Mexiconative
- Alaskanative
- District of Columbia
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 30 US states in total.
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Bush Cinquefoil
- Is Bush Cinquefoil deer resistant?
- Bush Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) is rated Rarely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Deer almost always leave this alone.
- What hardiness zones does Bush Cinquefoil grow in?
- Bush Cinquefoil is hardy in USDA zones 2 to 7. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Bush Cinquefoil grow in shade?
- No. Bush Cinquefoil wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Bush Cinquefoil get?
- Mature height is roughly 24–48 in. Growth rate is moderate.