Training a 6 to 7 foot Cotoneaster X watereri

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  I don't think it is possible.
  To get a pendulous weeping tree you need to start with one...eg Cotoneaster x hybridus. or Cotoneaster x suecicus 'Juliette'..a variegated one
  Any other one will always just want to grow up wards.
  You would be fighting nature.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=cotoneaster++x+hybridus&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi8maOyu9-CAxWtkCcCHTnECx8Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=cotoneaster++x+hybridus&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoFCAAQgAQ6BggAEAgQHjoKCAAQgAQQigUQQzoECAAQHjoHCAAQgAQQGFDgBljOSWDekwFoAXAAeACAAZABiAHNEpIBBTExLjEymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=dxJiZfyBIq2hnsEPuYiv-AE&bih=595&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d
  
  
  https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=585258922&q=Cotoneaster+x+suecicus+'Juliette'&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_vP6qvN-CAxVfQEEAHXl5DHwQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• clematisdorset Posts: 1,348

  November 2023

  Thank you @Silversurfer. It sounds as though I will need to buy something else or if I buy this plant I would need to wait for it to 'arch' naturally. which could give a similar, pendulous effect.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  clematisdorset said:

  Thank you @Silversurfer. It sounds as though I will need to buy something else or if I buy this plant I would need to wait for it to 'arch' naturally. which could give a similar, pendulous effect.

  The problem is that it is not a tree that will droop/weep/ appear pendulous.
  
  https://nationwidetreesales.co.uk/product/cotoneaster-x-watereri/
  
  See  link for images of Cotoneaster x watereri Cornubia.
  
  https://www.google.co.uk/search?sca_esv=585309262&sxsrf=AM9HkKlW30N31UTJwsfV8ky8x7gfRGiBXA:1700950917683&q="cotoneaster+x+watereri+cornubia"&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDg-r5l-CCAxUsT0EAHV8VA1QQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1280&bih=571&dpr=1.5#imgrc=H2gBUJr3TSPI7M
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• clematisdorset Posts: 1,348

  November 2023

  Thank you @Silver surfer. I will have a deeper delve to see which Cotoneaster would suit my space best. Thank you for the links previously to alternative cultivars.

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