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  • cassie.a.stewartcassie.a.stewart Posts: 279
    AndyDean said:
    I'd say cotoneaster bullatus - had it in my last garden.

    Fantastic for bees, but I think it's classed as invasive now, along with a couple more of the genus.
    Actually it does look more like that one. Think I may move it into a nice big planter and let it take off as I quite like the berries. 
  • widgetwilk annwidgetwilk ann Posts: 361
    Big argument going on, ha ha, here is my Cotoneaster and also the crab apple to size,
  • cassie.a.stewartcassie.a.stewart Posts: 279
    widgetwilk ann said:
    Big argument going on, ha ha, here is my Cotoneaster and also the crab apple to size,
    Yes I have a cotoneaster in the back garden similar to yours! 
  • AndyDeanAndyDean Posts: 157
    @widgetwilk ann
    That cotoneaster looks like C. horizontalis to me, although I think there are a few similar species, but that's the one I'm familiar with. Also on the invasive list unfortunately! I have a few cuttings of it which are doing well and I want to plant out, but I'm holding off as I feel guilty about planting something which may potentially cause ecological damage... Shame because it's a plant I really like, and very useful for growing up a wall in a narrow bed.
  • widgetwilk annwidgetwilk ann Posts: 361
    Did we decide if cassie had cotoneaster or crab apple?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited September 2019
    Looked like a cotoneaster to me  :)
    There's a lot of varieties
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited September 2019
    My vote goes to Cotoneaster.
    A tree sp rather than the tiny leaved Cotoneaster horizontalis .

    When in doubt just cut the fruit in half ...round the equator...when the stalk is at the top.
    APPLES have a star in the centre with the 5 seeds.....see link

    https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+cut+in+half&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj35-_-_ujkAhWARxUIHYKxBKAQ_AUIESgB&biw=1920&bih=944#imgrc=EJuZmlALZeK96M:
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • widgetwilk annwidgetwilk ann Posts: 361
    Could be right, looking at it again. thought it was a crab apple to start with but perhaps it is to small for that.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Some sp of Malus....apples.. have tiny apples that are very similar in size to the Cotoneaster.
    So size does not always help.
    Just do the cut test.
    Cherries when cut have a single stone in the centre.
    Chaenomeles look very different when cut...see pics below
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • widgetwilk annwidgetwilk ann Posts: 361
    I'm getting totally confused now, aren't Chaenomeles Quince??? is that the same or like a Crab Apple??
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