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Please identify this plant and advise

christopheraspinall70christopheraspinall70 Posts: 11
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Afternoon all,

We have this plant in our front garden from when we bought our house. 

We also had the same plant in our back garden but it was dying due to being heavily crowded out. 

For this reason, I have dug it up and moved it to the front. It looks pretty sickly. But hopefully, it will prosper.

Firstly,  I would like to know its identity.

Secondly, would I help this plant by pruning it to encourage new growth. Or should I wait until next spring?

Many thanks

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It's a shrubby Potentilla, easy shrubs to care for, give them some reasonable soil and a bit of sun and they just get on with it, flowering for most of the summer.
    They can be trimmed back, but I don't do anything to mine as they don't get enormous.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    If you have moved it recently it will be suffering from shock and trying to re-grow its root hairs to support all the top growth.   Keep it watered and cut back half the stems to reduce stress.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • christopheraspinall70christopheraspinall70 Posts: 11
    Many thanks. 

    Much appreciated


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're very forgiving shrubs, Christopher, so it will be perfectly happy with a haircut and a good watering in.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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