Deeply Rooted

If you were looking for long seasoned flowers, we have three different families of shrubs as options. Only two will tolerate locations with full sun and just one that also tolerates wind exposure and extreme cold. Potentillas.

Potentilla’s are a small shrub native to Manitoba. At mature size it is only 2 feet tall and wide, making for a very space efficient plant while also being the longest blooming shrub we carry. Most of the wild potentillas have yellow flowers but with some selective breeding, more colours have come available.

What makes the Mango Tango Potentilla special is that it’s not just your “regular yellow” flower – it has an orange core in the center of the yellow pedals. Developed at the University of Manitoba by professor Lours Lenz, Mango Tango Potentilla was the first bi-coloured potentilla on the market! In a hot, dry summer the orange can fade away for a time, but in the cool, moist summer it comes back strong.

While potentillas are tough they still have a few needs. A good blanket of snow cover ensures that its roots are protected through the winter months. Full sun and full wind exposure is not a problem so long as there is adequate water available to combat the dehydration, along with good drainage.

Another feature of Mango Tango is that it is a more upright, uniform branching than most potentillas. All potentillas require pruning once or twice per year to promote new flowers and keep good form but the Mango Tango makes it easy.