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54 SHRUB SELECTION AND GROWING GUIDE
<br />COTONEASTER SPECIES
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<br />Cotoneaster
<br />■ Lustrous leaves
<br />■ Pink or white f1mvers followed
<br />by red berries
<br />■ Spreading habit
<br />■ Zones 5 to ii, depending; on
<br />species- -
<br />A h.tnd>unle and versatile shrub,
<br />C��G,Rea�[er ,Ult� nlan\' g�:IR1Cn �t\'lC,
<br />and conditions. Native to China.
<br />USE: Use it as a lgnulnd cover, in
<br />masses or in the •hruh border. .
<br />Orowth rate: fast.
<br />CULTURE: Cotoneaster is
<br />A111'rltle to many soils but ptefen
<br />hell -drained :oil in it :sunny, airy
<br />location.
<br />RELATED SPECIES:
<br />t' C. dununeri (bearberry
<br />6' Cotoneaster) is tine of
<br />the best h.lrdy broad-leaved
<br />ever,reens for ;;round covering
<br />because tit it, attractive leaves,,00d
<br />truitm color, rabid Ign,llth. and
<br />low. prostrate habit. Whire ti -mer,
<br />bloom to Nhy, foll(m"I by,nlall red
<br />berries. It spread, to 6 feet or more
<br />and remains under I!'_ feet 11i,h. It
<br />is a food choice for dry', rock' still
<br />in a sunny place. 'Lowfa,,t' is ll:lr,ll
<br />n,',uthern :one i. 'Coral Beauty'
<br />flowers and fruits freely. 'Streib',
<br />Finding' has a low. prostrate Iml,it.
<br />5' C. dicuriruttts (sp,readili,
<br />eoroneaster) is one of the
<br />6' most handm,rtle
<br />coroticosters for summer and tall
<br />fulia,e, fruit, and grace6d fornt. It
<br />-rows 5 to 6 feet high Auld 6 to S
<br />feet wide. hose -colored flowers ill
<br />May are followed by red fruit from
<br />September to November. Fall colors
<br />are fluore,cent ill yellow and red, It
<br />prefers moist, well- drained sod. bur
<br />Aso; performs well on drv. rocky.
<br />windy sites. nlakin, it a good Choice
<br />for the seashore.
<br />3' C. hurizontulis (rock
<br />cotunea,ter) can be
<br />Planted to Spill over walls, down
<br />4ope& and over rocks. The anular,
<br />layered fOrm and herrltnbone
<br />brnlches Of the rock cotonca-ter
<br />add an unusual texture to the
<br />,arden. It can control erosion. Fall
<br />color i, red except in mild dialates.
<br />where the leaves remain it ,'los•
<br />Breen Al winter.
<br />e' C. multiflorus (nlam-
<br />flowered cotonea,tcr) is
<br />112' one of the most trouble-
<br />free of the cotoneasters, as well as
<br />011e of the most 1-eautiful. \Lly
<br />tlowcr, are hollowed by red berries
<br />that p•erski: thrtitl,h October.
<br />This is a ,mceful. archin,, mounded
<br />or Mountain -like shrub gr,,win, ; to
<br />1' feet hi -,,h and 12 to 15 feet aide.
<br />Use it in the shrub birder or for
<br />ma,sin. Mue-,,reen leaves Inave
<br />little to no fall Color.
<br />8' C. sulieifolius (willowleaf
<br />Cotoneaster; :ones 6 to
<br />w 12' 8). Another large.
<br />archil,,, cotonea;ter imilar to C.
<br />Intlltifl,mis, but with elongated, dark
<br />green lone,. Good for lar"ge-scale
<br />nm,;sin, in southern garden.;. RriAr
<br />red terries are attractive all winter.
<br />Fruit display of Cotoneaster horizontalis
<br />Cotoneaster horizontalis _ 'Variegatus'
<br />Cotoneaster dammed Fruit display of
<br />'Coral Beauty' Cotoneaster dammed
<br />Winter fruits on
<br />Cotoneaster salicifolius
<br />Cotoneaster multiflorus
<br />Fruit display of
<br />Cotoneaster multiflorus
<br />rrurr alspfay of
<br />Cotoneaster divaricatus
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