Cultivars of Potentilla fruticosa have a rounded habit and reach a height of only 3' to 4'. Their leaves are greenish-gray. Most cultivars are grown for flower color, which ranges from white to yellow to red-orange, as well as for their long bloom, the flowering peaks in early May or June and then occurs intermittently until frost. Use cinquefoil in the shrub border. Cinquefoils are small ornamental shrubs of very fine texture found growing throughout the colder regions of North America. A must for the Midwest.