Potentilla anserina, Silkweed Cinquefoil or Pacific Silverweed deciduous Intensely blue

Intensely blue

clusters of small flowers with pink tubes

10" tall mound with a spread of up to several feet under optimal conditions

and sparrows

Potentilla anserina, Silkweed Cinquefoil or Pacific Silverweed deciduous Intensely blueThis low growing, flowering perennial will spread itself via strawberry like runners along the surface of the soil. Its pinnate compound, serrated leaves are covered with a silvery, silky fuzz, hence the common name. During early through late summer, cheerful, bright yellow, five petaled blooms dot the surface of the foliage and delight passing bees, flies, and beetles. Coming from moist, lowland areas like pond and river margins, it prefers regular