25+ Cotoneaster Tree
PNG. Widely cultivated for their attractive growth habit, many species have been introduced into other temperate regions for use in landscaping. Usually the root stock that is used is either paul's scarlet hawthorne or washington hawthorn.
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Cotoneaster (cotoneaster) is a genus of woody plants in the rose family rosaceae, native to the palaearctic region (temperate asia, europe, north africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern china and the himalayas. Rock cotoneaster (cotoneaster horizontalis) is low, spreading shrub that is very easy to grow—but it requires regular pruning to control its spread. Rock cotoneaster is a low spreading shrub often used as a ground cover or left to spill over slopes and ledge walls.
With around 300 species of cotoneaster, this is a versatile genus that can differ hugely between varieties and is suited cotoneaster plants can be small trees, shrubs and ground cover, with some varieties suitable for training flat against a wall or used as hedging.
Cotoneaster frigidus 'cornubia' is one of the largest cotoneasters, often forming an enormous bushy shrub but it can easily be trained into a standard to make a handsome tree with graceful branches that bend beneath the weight of fruit. Covered with brilliant red berries in the autumn. Some varieties of this versatile shrub have upright growth habits. Tree form cotoneaster apiculata in late summer loaded with red berries.
