Potentilla fruticosa goldfinger

with its upright habit mid green leaves which  turn yellow before falling in autumn and abundance of single deep yellow flowers this is a very useful shrub for the garden particularly hedging ideal for planting en masse or for the front of mixed or shrub borders if planted 60cm (24in) apart in a single line makes an attractive informal hedge

SUITABLE full sun to light shade with no particular soil preference hardy

HEIGHT AND SPREAD in 10 years 1.1m x 80cm (3ft 6in x 32in )

PLANTING soak the rootball before planting plant in a hole twice the diameter of the rootball or pot mix an organic soil improver and general fertiliser with the infill soil water regularly unitll established

CARE three years after plating remove on in three of the shoots to near ground level after flowering choosing the oldest this will in turn maintain a good display of foliage and flowers