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Cotoneaster
clematisdorset
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Dies anyone grow a Cotoneaster X watereri, or similar? Or maybe a different variety?
I wondered whether this/these types of Cotoneaster grow predictably. I have also found some suppliers give the x watereri specimen a different name, which may have caused me some confusion.
Which Cotoneasters do you really enjoy? I am thinking of the value to birds and wildlife too.
I wondered whether this/these types of Cotoneaster grow predictably. I have also found some suppliers give the x watereri specimen a different name, which may have caused me some confusion.
Which Cotoneasters do you really enjoy? I am thinking of the value to birds and wildlife too.
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https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/cotoneaster-franchetii.html
Tough as old boots and the berries always look pretty against the foliage in my opinion.
It makes a good hedge as well.
I can definitely say the blackbirds enjoy the berries, l don't have many left
There are so many Cotoneasters. I am finding it difficult to remember what Is what.
Is Cornubia almost identical to x watereri, does anyone know?
Also note ' probably involved'....
Fromn Wikipedia :
Cotoneaster × watereri, or Waterer's cotoneaster, is a large evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cotoneaster.
It is an artificial hybrid, initially of Cotoneaster frigidus, Cotoneaster henrianus and Cotoneaster salicifolius. Later also Cotoneaster rugosus and Cotoneaster sargentii were probably involved.
It's great.
It needs little pruning (if you don't mind it getting to about 12ft) but can be kept much shorter.
I just trim back any wayward branches as and when I think it needs it.
In Spring it hums with bees. In autumn/winter it has masses of orangey/red berries that the blackbirds enjoy.
It's semi-evergreen.
I also have a C Lacteus as a specimen - it's only a couple of year old atm, but it's already doing well.
Masses of flowers and bunches of berries appear in late autumn - it does get big though.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I had better give Lacteus a miss.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have seen one grown as a specimen, but I don't know which variety it is.
The flowers and berries form in clusters and it has a slightly weeping habit.
A local school also has a cotoneaster grown as a small tree and it looks amazing. The leaves are quite large and semi-evergreen and the huge bunches of berries look great.
It was seeing this one that encouraged me to get the Lacteus, to which it looks similar.
I think it could be a Cotoneaster × watereri
There are quite a lot of varieties, and like you I've noticed that some appear to be mis-labelled so not easy to work out which is which!
PS - AFAIK they can all be pruned quite hard without any concerns, but there may be a loss of flowers/berries
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I'd forgotten about the flowers in Spring, as he says the bees love it.
It looks very similar to this.
I also thought Lacteus looked similar to x Watereri, but with the name labelling misnomers, I ended up too confused...I think I am feeling more tired than usual as well.