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Given that I am currently trying to find groundcover plants for embankments in my garden I have been taking a look at what has worked for my neighbors. One of the flowers that have caught my eye are orange with yellow anthers, about an inch across. The leaves are oval and vaguely resemble the leaves of Sage. The plant grows about 3" of the ground. My neighbor has not been able to tell me much about it except that she bought it in a garden center in 1993 and it has been flowering ever since.

A search on the Internet brought up one possible candidate - Potentilla Fruitcosa. I'd be most grateful to anyone who could tell me if I am right.

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Given that I am currently trying to find groundcover plants for
embankments in my garden I have been taking a look at what has worked
for my neighbors. One of the flowers that have caught my eye are orange
with yellow anthers, about an inch across. The leaves are oval and
vaguely resemble the leaves of Sage. The plant grows about 3" of the
ground. My neighbor has not been able to tell me much about it except
that she bought it in a garden center in 1993 and it has been flowering
ever since.

A search on the Internet brought up one possible candidate - Potentilla
Fruitcosa. I'd be most grateful to anyone who could tell me if I am
right.

Potentilla fruticosa is usually a shrub with a height of 1-3 feet.

Identifying plants from cursory descriptions is unreliable, but
Helianthemum (e.g. 'Fire Dragon') might be a better guess.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Potentilla fruticosa grows to about 3 feet, so I doubt if it is that. There are herbaceous Potentilla which are much less in height.

Thanks. I looked up Helianthemum - it looks like the perfect fit. From the images I have checked on the Internet the leaf & flower descriptions tally perfectly.